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A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?
Bad is a very old word in English. A "Bad" was a weak and/or effeminate man.
"My bad" used to mean something like "My gimp".
Bad has changed meaning quite a bit and in Victorian Times came to mean a tough guy, i.e. exactly opposite of the original meaning.
The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”
A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?
It's been around for ages, as mentioned above it's from America.
Do you never travel outside of your crisp packet old man?
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