My bad

For the Scrubs episode, see My Bad.

For the Dexter episode, see My Bad (Dexter).

"My bad" is an American idiom that was made popular by Manute Bol^[1] although it was also used before his arrival in the USA.^[2] It usually means "my fault", "my mistake", "I apologize"^[3] or "mea culpa". It gained popularity with urban players of streetball and then spread into mainstream popularity.^[1] Its use in the 1995 film Clueless greatly increased the phrase's popularity.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pullum, Geoffrey K. (7 December 2005). "Language Log: Pick-up basketballism reaches Ivy League faculty vocabulary". http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002693.html. Retrieved 21 June 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/my-bad.html
3. ^ Steinberg, Dan. "D.C. Sports Bog - Manute Bol and "my bad"". The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/06/manute_bol_and_my_bad.html. Retrieved 21 June 2010. 
4. ^ http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/my-bad.html