Can we please ban 'my bad'?

[Aperitif]

oh dear, that's triggered the puns...

A heckler:

"Surely you lot can do Beretta than that"...

 

[summerdays]

Whilst I'm not fond of all these new words ... what is even worse is when I catch myself about to use them... my kids say "FAIL" all the time, and I've nearly done it myself

 

[trustysteed]

A heckler:

"Surely you lot can do Beretta than that"...

that Heckler's a Koch!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Bren will the sten dards go up round here.

 

[benb]

There are worse Americanisms to get annoyed about, to wit:

"I could care less" makes my piss boil
"All England goalies are not useless" when they mean "Not all England goalies are useless"

 

[Andy in Sig]

Yeh it's shite innit? Good opportunity to do away with "meh" at the same time (whatever it means). Also why the "s" on the end of "simples"???

 

[TheDoctor]

Yeh it's shite innit? Good opportunity to do away with "meh" at the same time (whatever it means). Also why the "s" on the end of "simples"???

Because of the Compare the Meerkat advert.
Simples!!

 

[yello]

The first time I heard 'my bad' I was actually baffled! I had to hear it a few times before I realised it was actually intentional and merely meant something like 'my mistake'. Likewise, first time I heard 'meh' (Simon Baker on The Mentalist, btw) I thought it was just a noise he made and simply registered a contempt or dismissiveness.

I guess I really ought watch The Simpsons more, or whatever else it is that's required to 'get a life'.

 

[ColinJ]

I guess I really ought watch The Simpsons more, or whatever else it is that's required to 'get a life'.

I think 'get a life' is colourful and worth keeping but I agree that 'I could care less' should be banned, and as for 'OH, MY, GOD!!!'...

 

[accountantpete]

Your love and pity doth the impression fill
Which vulgar scandal stamp'd upon my brow;
For what care I who calls me well or ill,
So you o'er-green my bad, my good allow?
You are my all the world, and I must strive
To know my shames and praises from your tongue:
None else to me, nor I to none alive,
That my steel'd sense or changes right or wrong.
In so profound abysm I throw all care
Of others' voices, that my adder's sense
To critic and to flatterer stopped are.
Mark how with my neglect I do dispense:
You are so strongly in my purpose bred
That all the world besides methinks are dead.

some english dude

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[Rebel Ian]

swee'pea, you are my hero. I HATE that bloody expression. My kids use it and it drives me MAD.

 

[XmisterIS]

The one that really gets my giddy old billy goat is the use of the word "ask" as a noun - e.g. "It's a big ask" - usually heard being used by management types and humourless football commentators.

 

[potsy]

The one that really gets my giddy old billy goat is the use of the word "ask" as a noun - e.g. "It's a big ask" - usually heard being used by management types and humourless football commentators.

Shouldn't that be 'axe'

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Shouldn't that be 'axe'

shouldn't that be ax

 

[potsy]

shouldn't that be ax

Oh OK,i'm far too old for this, it's making me dizzee