# The next time I hear "my bad" I will kick someone in the head!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 29, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337 "2002-07-29T06:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/61 "2002-07-30T12:25:09Z")
1. **Touché:** anyone who uses this term needs a good licking. 2. **A good licking:** since when did this come to mean a spanking? 3. **Intragal:** grrrrrr, the word is integral for pete’s sake. 4. **Been there, done that:** yeah, yeah, yeah. woop-dee-doo for you. 5. **At this point in time:** just say “now” for crying out loud. ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/62 "2002-07-30T12:27:14Z")
Something else I hate is when someone has to tell me how many words they’re about to say. “I have two words for you…” And I always find myself actually counting the words to make sure their count was right. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/63 "2002-07-30T14:00:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OneChance \* > \*\*Something else I hate is when someone has to tell me how many words they’re about to say. “I have two words for you…” And I always find myself actually counting the words to make sure their count was right. \*\* And personally, I love to give you the wrong number. For example: “I have only two words for you: No.” Drives 'em nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/64 "2002-07-30T14:29:16Z")
One that always annoys me is “Old Aged Pensioner”. **Word** - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definition** Old -----------------------\> Old Aged ----------------------\> Old Pensioner ----------------\> (Most likely) Old Why bother saying the same thing 3 times? ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/65 "2002-07-30T16:12:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > **Yes, as its usage indicates, “my bad” is, in fact, a rough translation of “mea culpa”.** Yes, the usage is similar, but here’s the problem. “Culpa” is more like the noun “fault” than the adjective “bad”. Thus, “mea culpa”, or “my fault”, makes sense - “Oops, [that was] my fault.” “Bad”, being traditionally an adjective, makes no sense. You can’t diagram it or fit it into a correct usage as I’ve done with “my fault” above. “The bad was mine?” It’s awkward. Yes, I’m aware “bad” can be used as a noun, but that doesn’t seem to be the way it’s being used in this case. Didn’t “cool beans” come about as a result of an ad campaign by Jelly Belly jellybeans? They used the slogan “Cool beans.” I had never heard the phrase before seeing the candy ads, so I assumed the ad slogan, being simple and direct, and for a product with wide appeal, was the source for the saying. But the one I forgot to mention is “nucular”. Argh. I was watching a TLC program on “The Widowmaker” K-19 sub, which was very informative and interesting. That is, until the narrator chimes in talking about the “nucular” reactor and “nucular” radiation. The only thing that kept me watching was the subject matter. The word is “nuclear”. One U. No letter between C and L. I don’t understand. **gus28** , don’t you mean “nomesain”? The cousin of “nawmean”? And **Gomez** , don’t get me started on modern euphemistic speech, and how adjectives like “old,” “fat” and “deaf” can’t be used anymore. Political correctness be damned. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/66 "2002-07-30T16:57:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gomez \* > \*\*One that always annoys me is “Old Aged Pensioner”. > > **Word** - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definition** > > Old -----------------------\> Old > Aged ----------------------\> Old > Pensioner ----------------\> (Most likely) Old > > Why bother saying the same thing 3 times? \*\* Yeah, I hate when people are redundant and repetitious and verbose and repeat themselves and say the same thing over and over again. ::d & r:: ---
**Author:** ![Servo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Servo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Servo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/67 "2002-07-30T17:02:38Z")
“Due to the fact that…” Sweet, merciful, Webster the word is “because.” Every time I’ve seen this phrase used it could always have been replaced with one word, with fewer than half the syllables. It’s often seen with its companion “proceeded to.” Just say what you did. It doesn’t make you sound intelligent, it makes you sound like you watch too many daytime court shows. “Your honor, I proceeded to sodomize him with my style book due to the fact that his speech was causing me physical pain.” ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/68 "2002-07-31T03:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \* > \*\*“For all intensive purposes.” > > Man, that irritates the hell out of me. :mad: > > Sheri \*\* I say “Intense porpoises” instead and sit back and wait to see if I get a reaction. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/69 "2002-07-31T03:24:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gomez \* > \*\*One that always annoys me is “Old Aged Pensioner”. > > **Word** - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definition** > > Old -----------------------\> Old > Aged ----------------------\> Old > Pensioner ----------------\> (Most likely) Old > > Why bother saying the same thing 3 times? \*\* I have always understood a pensioner to be a person who is receiving a pension. So does the http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary]Merriam-Webster’s > [@](#): > > Main Entry: pen•sion•er > Pronunciation: 'pen(t)-sh(&-)n&r > Function: noun > Date: 15th century > 1 : a person who receives or lives on a pension > 2 obsolete a : GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS b : RETAINER c : MERCENARY, HIRELING > [@](#): > > Main Entry: 1pen•sion > Pronunciation: 'pen(t)-sh&n > Function: noun > Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin pension-, pensio, from pendere to pay – more at PENDANT > Date: 14th century > 1 /'pen(t)-sh&n/ : a fixed sum paid regularly to a person: a archaic : WAGE b : a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a favor or reward c : one paid under given conditions to a person following retirement from service or to surviving dependents > 2 /päns-yOn/ [French, from Middle French] a : accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse : ROOM AND BOARD b also pen•sio•ne /pen(t)-'syO-(")nA/ [pensione, from Italian] : a hotel or boardinghouse especially in continental Europe > > - pen•sion•less /'pen(t)-sh&n-l&s/ adjective In some cases the pension may not be age related i.e. health pension. Or they could be a war veteran or a war widow and thus receive either a veterans pension or a war widow’s pension. In neither of these cases would I automatically assume that the person is old. Another pension is government welfare benefits to unemployed persons, we Aussies prefer to call them Dole Bludgers but it is also a pension. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/70 "2002-07-31T03:51:06Z")
I’ve been getting increasingly annoyed with people who will give you a scale with set limits (On a scale of 1 to 10 …) and then proceed to violate the limits (… she’s a 15.) On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most annoyed possible, I’m a … **eight**! ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/71 "2002-07-31T04:33:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OneChance \* > \*\* > > 1. **A good licking:** since when did this come to mean a spanking? > > \*\* Um, since forever? I don’t have a slang dictionary in front of me, but my grandmother used it, and I am over forty. ---
**Author:** ![Wildcatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@Wildcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildcatz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/72 "2002-07-31T04:42:53Z")
People that say ‘at my earliest convenince’ on their voicemail. Don’t ask me why it bugs me- I don’t know. For some reason that comment just sets my teeth on edge. What’s wrong with as soon as I can? 'catz ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/73 "2002-07-31T04:44:11Z")
\*\*3 planets in a line['b] - I _said_ it was a rough translation - and, by the usage, “bad” is being (ab)used as a noun. \*\*Matt - \*\* Thank you for being the ONE person in the world who knows that usage of “fell” - I gave it up as a lost cause years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Wildcatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@Wildcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildcatz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/74 "2002-07-31T04:44:16Z")
ick. Can we make that convenince, convenience? ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/75 "2002-07-31T04:45:26Z")
WAAAAAAASSSSUUUUUUUP??? ---
**Author:** ![Grimace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@Grimace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grimace)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/76 "2002-07-31T05:10:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > > No. That should be > > |_4||6|_|463 R34(+10||4R335. //3 R r0XXXXX0R1||6 '/0|_|R > //3r|_|) & |_| (4||+ |-|4|||)3|_ 1+!!! > \*\* AAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!! MY BRAIN! And I use Cool Beans alot…no frickin’ clue where or when I picked it up though. But ‘my bad’, oh man, that phrase drive me BUGSHIT. ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/77 "2002-07-31T06:21:04Z")
Word up is by far the most annoying. I mean, word up? Worst when it’s followerd by a daaaawg? My bad isn’t that bad though. It’s the “oops, my bad!” that gets on my nerves. ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/78 "2002-07-31T06:29:04Z")
My brother came up with another one thoug. “Fuckshit”. When asked, he explained it was when u wanted to say “Fuck!” and “Shit” at the same time. Don’t particularly like it. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/79 "2002-07-31T06:30:03Z")
I’m from Mexico (pronounced Mejico, emphasis on the e) and have encountered many americans who speak (or write) worse than I do. A lot worse. I guess dumb people are to be found everywhere. In Mexico it is common for people to write phonetically. It drives me insane. However, one must pause and think about what propels one to seek a bat and use it to cause incomprehensible pain to a illitarate adult. What is the purpose of language? To communicate. If one communicates, then one is doing what one wants to do (the ones get on my nerves too, I promise I’ll stop). In this way, expressing ideas without the correct words is still a correct use of the language. Something else worth mentioning is that idioms have a place in all cultures and should be accepted. They are the way new words are created and languages evolve. Hope this wasn’t too obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/80 "2002-07-31T06:33:30Z")
Chavardz: you are sooooooooo obnoxious. So what if I wrote thoug instead of though in my last post. Everyone got the message, didn’t they? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337.md?page=5)