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Pick-up basketball slang popularized (but not first coined) by Manute Bol, a basketball player of Sudanese origin playing with the Golden State Warriors, and subsequently adopted by teammates. Compare semantics with Russian оплошность (oplošnostʹ, “mistake, bad”), from о- (o-) + плох (plox, “bad”).
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Danish min fejl
- min fejlmy fault
Finnish minun vikani, minun moka
- minun vikanimy fault
- minun mokamy fault
French autant pour moi
- autant pour moimy fault
German mein Fehler, meine Schuld
- mein Fehlermy fault
- meine Schuldmy fault
Hungarian az én hibám, az én saram
- az én hibámmy fault
- az én sarammy fault
- én tehetek rólamy fault
- én vagyok a hunyómy fault
- tévedtemmy fault
Latin mea culpa
- mea culpamy fault
Polish mój błąd, moja wina
- mój błądmy fault
- moja winamy fault
- mea culpamy fault
Portuguese foi mal
- foi malmy fault
Russian мой кося́к
- мой кося́к (moj kosják)my fault
Spanish mala mía, perdón
- mala míamy fault
- perdónmy fault
- culpa míamy fault
- fallo míomy fault
Turkish benim hatam
- benim hatammy fault
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my bad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20bad
MLA
“my bad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20bad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “my bad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20bad.
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