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interjection

• an apology.

  Sorry, man, my bad.

                                                                                                                         
  
                              
  
                                                                                                      
  
  Citation from "Chapter 4", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Chapter 13", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: apologies (list of).

  Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by John Fischer from Atlanta, GA, USA on Jun 20 1997.

• a phrase used to admit fault.

  Yeah, that's my bad.

  • See more words with the same meaning: apologies (list of).

  Last edited on Jun 20 1997. Submitted by John Fischer from Atlanta, GA, USA on Jun 20 1997.

• a phrase used to admit or assign blame to a mistake. This can be used with other possessive pronouns - not just "my".

  Yeah, that's my bad.

  Actually, that mistake right there is my bad, but the rest are his bad.

                                                                                        
  
                                        
  
                                          
  
  Citation from "Old Dogs", The Good Guys (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 14 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                                                          
  
  Citation from "Kryptonite", New Girl (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 12 2010.

notes

• A folk etymology goes that "my bad" was originally "my bag", and that the latter is from the card game Spades.
  
  Here is one such submission:

  My Bad was originally My Bag. It was common as far back as the 1940s and into 80s. The origin of this phrase actually comes from the card game Spades. The player that predicted wrong would say to his partner my bag meaning my fault. Spades originated in the Midwestern United States in the late 1930s. It was invented by college students who enjoyed both Whist and Bridge. The game really took off during WWII. It spread to factories and offices all across the country. Today there are clubs and tournaments and it's popular on the internet.

  Last edited on Sep 28 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2015.