my bad

English

Etymology

Pick-up basketball slang spread by Manute Bol, a basketball player of Sudanese origin playing with the Golden State Warriors. Subsequently adopted by teammates.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

my bad

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) My fault; mea culpa.

   Yes, I realize the humvee isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed. My bad.

Synonyms

• mea culpa

Translations

my fault

• French: autant pour moi (fr)
• German: mein Fehler
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• Hungarian: az én hibám, az én saram, én tehetek róla, én vagyok a hunyó, tévedtem
• Russian: мой кося́к (moj kosják) (slang)
• Spanish: mala mía

References

• “my bad”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

• Businessballs.com cliches and expressions origins