2023年12月10日 · That paragraph merely states that "my bad may be observed even before the 1980s". Nowhere does that paragraph claim that my bag (1) was not also observed before the 1980s; (2) has nothing to do with the card game spades; (3) cannot possibly be the origin of my bad; and (4) is instead derived from misshearing my bad (as you claim). –

2012年9月8日 · It entirely depends on the writer. Some use emoticons as punctuation, some don't. However, I have never seen sentence punctuation after a smilie except when parenthesis (or other brackets) are being used, so I can confidently assert that doing so is descriptively unacceptable even if there are not yet any prescriptive rules.

2016年8月6日 · If the screw-up were major, "My bad" would be an inadequate and indeed trivializing response. Better form would be to say, "I [messed] up, and that's on me!" or something similarly considered and self-reproachful. As the poster suspects, the difference between "my bad" and "my mistake" or "my error" is one of register and informality.

2016年9月18日 · One page 100 of Expletive Deleted: A Good Look at Bad Language (Free Press, 2005), Ruth Wajnryb writes: Once again, the word is serving a multitude of master. In addition, the euphemisms that can replace SHIT (“sugar,” “shoot,” “shucks,” etc.) serve both the general positive use and the negative ones.

2012年10月15日 · Grawlix won't work. Just Google it and you'll see why. Profanitype works but sounds and looks too much like stereotype, even though "-type" is supposed to relate to typewriting.

2023年10月21日 · "I blew air through my nose" fails because, first, it is a 6-word phrase. Second, it is a synonym for snort, and again this is oral. Second, it is a synonym for snort, and again this is oral. " Perfunctory laugh " does not work because the amusement is genuine, but it is also close, because perfunctory can also mean " superficial, trivial ".

2013年2月9日 · Subscriber Cal Clifford put a possible new perspective on the expression by mentioning egg-sucking dogs: “Occasionally, a trusted, working farm dog would develop the bad habit of taking eggs from nests and eating them, turning himself from asset into liability.” I found several examples of the term, including these:

2019年8月15日 · The general prohibition sign (official name, according to ISO 7010), also known as a no symbol, no sign, circle-backslash symbol, nay, interdictory circle or universal no, is a red circle with a red diagonal line through it (running from top left to bottom right), completely enclosing a pictogram to indicate something is not permitted.

2018年7月11日 · The fire emoji was approved by Unicode in 2010, showed up on the iPhone &c. shortly after, and also shows up to indicate a 'hot streak' on Snapchat. That was building on a slightly earlier swell. From at least 1700, 'fire' has been used to describe not just the fiery sensation caused by spicy food or alcohol but also the property within the ...

2013年7月27日 · my bad interj 1990s teenagers: My bad: My fault or my mistake. A term of apology. —Daily Record. I first heard "my bad" used (in the San Francisco Bay Area of California) around 1994 from a college-age person in the context of a turnover—an errant pass, I believe—committed during a pickup game of basketball.