> > > > > Except when they use spit to wipe the dirt off your grubby little kid face.
> > > > >
> > > > > Iss "yecch" achar
> > > >
> > > > hehe. oops...my bad....i'm not the best person to pick up on these hidden jokes.....and i know this forum is full of them.
> > >
> > > I don't mean to rub dirt up anyone's nose but, Where on earth did this bizarre expression "my bad" come from? I only started seeing it in the last year-and-a-half or so.
> > >
> > > Wolfspirit
> > The first time I heard it was 1.5 minutes ago.
> > Does it mean "cool" or "far out" or "groovey" or something "super" like that?
> > Howard
>
> no, no, it doesn't mean anything like that. hehe. it means, and this isn't the easiest thing to explain, something like 'it's my fault', or 'I'm a moron'....both of which i could've written, but i like 'my bad' better.

"The bad is mine" - which is to say that all of the negative consequences (i.e., the resultant confusion) of whatever just occurred is the fault of whomever is 'fessing up.