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"My Bad" and other lazy expressions
JimVT | 02/10/03 | JImVT

Posted on 02/10/2003 2:15:36 PM PST by JimVT

It seems we have unleashed yet another bit of bastardized English; this one is "my bad".


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To: Centurion2000
>>which would really suck. <<

You mean "which wouldst really sucketh."
81 posted on 02/10/2003 2:51:46 PM PST by freedumb2003
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To: JimVT
...find increasing use of the phrase "my bad" and was wondering what the hell people are talking about when they use it.

Me too. (Or is that another verboten expression?) I hear that expression from people who are under 22. Is it supposed to mean "my mistake" or, "I shouldn't have done or said that?"

82 posted on 02/10/2003 2:53:05 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: UncleSamUSA
Sen. Howard Baker, now our ambassador to Japan
83 posted on 02/10/2003 2:53:33 PM PST by babble-on (Please accept my apologies for the fact that I short-hopped the ball to you, friend.)
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To: JimVT
"True..True"..."My Bad" is "So Yesterday" "Fer sure". It makes me want to "totally" "barf to the max" in a very tubular way.
84 posted on 02/10/2003 2:54:11 PM PST by Delbert
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To: GoreIsLove
that hella sucks

Man, that's hella lame.

85 posted on 02/10/2003 2:55:07 PM PST by GOPyouth
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To: ru4liberty
Wow. I regularly mess that one up. "My bad!"
86 posted on 02/10/2003 2:55:36 PM PST by TankerKC (Analyzing Iraq requires intellectual work, spouting off about the US requires only attitude.)
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To: JimVT
My bad.... NOT!
87 posted on 02/10/2003 2:56:06 PM PST by Frapster (My grief is real.)
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To: JimVT
bump
88 posted on 02/10/2003 2:56:46 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: Leroy S. Mort
Pple who use "my bad" are just loosers who are not very inciteful.

My use of the English language is horrible by many standards - but I still have standards and the use of the word 'loose' for 'lose' is one of my 'major' pet-peeves! lol

89 posted on 02/10/2003 2:57:39 PM PST by Frapster (My grief is real.)
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To: Frapster
Ah, very insightful. I hope LSM was kidding with that post.
90 posted on 02/10/2003 2:58:56 PM PST by TankerKC (Analyzing Iraq requires intellectual work, spouting off about the US requires only attitude.)
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To: jojomatic
Forty-two skidoo??? Hey, man, it's 23 skidoo.
91 posted on 02/10/2003 2:59:05 PM PST by stayout
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Absolutely. Your seeing more misuse of these words everyday. Its as if their doing it on purpose, to.
92 posted on 02/10/2003 2:59:08 PM PST by babaloo999
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To: JimVT
The one phrase that I despise above all others has not been mentioned so far in this thread:

No Brainer!

93 posted on 02/10/2003 2:59:10 PM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: TankerKC
based on his mispelling of insightful and 'losers' I assumed he was.
94 posted on 02/10/2003 3:00:01 PM PST by Frapster (My grief is real.)
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To: spodefly
blah blah blah
95 posted on 02/10/2003 3:00:27 PM PST by GOPyouth
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To: LayoutGuru2
Someone left yout cake out in the rain?

On lots of fora, this one included, you see certain typos or word substitution -- usually because many people are sight typists (as am I) as opposed to touch typists (my theory). This results in interesting and non-grammatical word usage:

series=serious (probably the brain doing a synonym replacement)
loose(r)=lose(r) -- finger stutter
There are others -- give ppl a break as they usually type WAY slower than they think so they make many mistakes (note the use of "ppl" in place of "people"). The emoticon analogy is probably the best -- shorthand saves valuable keystrokes.

"All you (anything) are belong to us" is a reference to a now, million plus internet-year story about a game that was made in japan and shipped out with a very funny translation, one spectacular phrase being "All you base are belong to us." The whole link is here: http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/index.shtml

Hope that helps!


96 posted on 02/10/2003 3:00:47 PM PST by freedumb2003
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To: babaloo999
Which I happen to find very annoying sometimes.
The bad thing is that it's not usually intentional.
97 posted on 02/10/2003 3:01:06 PM PST by babaloo999
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To: stayout
>>Forty-two skidoo??? Hey, man, it's 23 skidoo. <<

Inflation.
98 posted on 02/10/2003 3:01:18 PM PST by freedumb2003
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To: GOPyouth
Here's one for the Gorilla Monsoon wrestling fans.. "The squared circle."
99 posted on 02/10/2003 3:01:58 PM PST by GOPyouth
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To: JimVT
It seems we have unleashed yet another bit of bastardized English;

Come on, Chill out, dude!

100 posted on 02/10/2003 3:01:59 PM PST by Doomonyou (Take a chill pill...)
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