Remco wrote:
> Jan Andersson wrote:
>
>>tricky wrote:
>>
>>>I'm having a blonde moment. (several years ! )
>>>
>>>"my bad"
>>>
>>>I've seen this a few times - whatsit mean ?
>>>
>>>Rich
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>my bad/it's my bad - "it's my fault/mistake", an acknowledgement of
>>blame - this is from US college/university campus 1980's slang, in which
>>'bad' means mistake or fault (that caused a bad thing), hence 'it's my
>>bad', or more succinctly, 'my bad'. It's simply a shortening of 'The bad
>>thing that happened was my fault, sorry'. The word bad in this case has
>>evolved to mean 'mistake which caused a problem'. It's another example
>>of the tendency for language to become abbreviated for more efficient
>>(and stylised) communications. In this case the abbreviation is also a
>>sort of teenage code, which of course young people everywhere use
>>because they generally do not wish to adopt lifestyle and behaviour
>>advocated by parents, teachers, authority, etc., and so develop their
>>own style and behaviour, including language. For new meanings of words
>>to evolve there needs to be a user-base of people that understands the
>>new meanings. Initially the 'my bad' expression was confined to a
>>discrete grouping, ie., US students, and the meaning wasn't understood
>>outside of that group. Now it seems the understanding and usage of the
>>'my bad' expression has grown, along with the students, and entered the
>>mainstream corporate world, no doubt because US middle management and
>>boardrooms now have a high presence of people who were teenagers at
>>college or university 20 years ago. I am also informed (ack K
>>Korkodilos) that the 'my bad' expression was used in the TV series
>>'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', and that this seems to have increased its
>>popular mainstream usage during the 1990's, moreover people using the
>>expression admitted to watching the show when asked about the possible
>>connection.
>
>
> Gag me with a spoon! Like, you are so totally out of it, Rich - fur
> sure!
> I just showed the planet that I am too, using valley girl speak.
>
> I also didn't know Jan was some sort of linguistic anthropologist.
> (though he was IT and fixed bugs. My bad
>


ROTFLMAO

Trust a finn to educate you on an *americanism*

I found that article with Google. It was a nice excercise, the history
of words and expressions often interest me. (Etymology of words that is)
My language is full of words we stole from other languages

Jan