# 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:** 5
**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, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/81 "2002-07-31T06:38:00Z")
Alex\_arg Ýou think I’m obnoxious because I’m your older more intelligent brother. ---
**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, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/82 "2002-07-31T06:40:19Z")
Damn. You had to go ahead and tell everybody we’re related. This would have been much more fun if people thougt we are perfect stangers. Fuckshit! ---
**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, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/83 "2002-07-31T06:41:56Z")
You are still young my grasshoper, I must teach you. You may find truth in alcohol, but I promise you it WILL evaporate. Good People Of this thread we are sorry to inconvinience you with a family feud. Excuse me, I have a to go give a noggie to a head that deserves it. ---
**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, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/84 "2002-07-31T06:44:41Z")
Noggie my ass! Remember i won the couch! Other dopers: sorry if this becoming uncredibly annoying and off subject ---
**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, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/85 "2002-07-31T06:52:37Z")
Why do you feel youo MUST always have the last words in an argument? It’s annoying because I feel the same. As for the couch, I let you have it. Nyaah nyaah nyaah. Everyone else: Terribly sorry and ashamed. ---
**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, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/86 "2002-07-31T06:58:20Z")
Back on topic. Something that is language-neutral but is also annoying are obvious questions. Examples? At the movies “What are you doing here?” After you fell “Are you all right?” Always “Do you enjoy my company?” My replies: “I came to conduct I highly special experiment on how low th I.Q. of the average movie-goer is” “Peachy, I like to walk that way” “No, I’m here because I’m a masochist” Funny? No. Deeply satisfying? Yes. ---
**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, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/87 "2002-07-31T07:03:34Z")
At the restaurant (bar/pub):" What are you doing here?" Reply: Nothing, just came to say hi to the waiter(ess)s. Nothing, just came to have a couple of drinks of water. ---
**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, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/88 "2002-07-31T07:06:00Z")
Also: “I lost my wallet!” “Where?” ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/89 "2002-07-31T07:08:21Z")
What the fuck is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/90 "2002-07-31T07:37:10Z")
Can we add ‘I’m Luvin this’ to the crap list? What is it with this present tense representation of the past tense. Like ‘I’m thinking this …’. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/91 "2002-07-31T07:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*“fell swoop:” the word “fell” in this case means “terrible,” as in “ **the fell hand of death**.” \*\* If I ever need to change usernames, this puppy will be my new, and equally ominous, moniker. Thanks **Matt**! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/92 "2002-07-31T09:38:56Z")
**Syzygy** , let me apologize for my city. You see, **Jeet Jet** was a small local airline which mostly provided service between Jiggle (Giant Eagle, a local grocery store chain) and dahntahn (downtown). Apparently they’ve expanded their service to New York state. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/93 "2002-07-31T10:12:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **matt\_mcl** …the word “fell” in this case means “terrible,” as in “the fell hand of death.” You know, I’ve just gained _so_ much more respect for Norman Fell. Badass dude. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/94 "2002-07-31T11:50:42Z")
Newsflash, morons of my office, ‘Pacific’ does not mean the opposite of ‘general’. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/95 "2002-08-04T17:54:36Z")
Well, I’ve said it before, and I will certainly say it again…the expression “I could care less” absolutely sets my teeth on edge. Also, the word “parent” is not, repeat not, a _verb_. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/96 "2002-08-04T18:25:27Z")
well…back to spelling mistakes: “your” a moron i laughed at the first person i noticed using it. i was shocked the third time. i was angry the tenth. i started taking the blows like a man around the twentieth and i’m don’t really remember when i started masturbating to it… ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/97 "2002-08-04T18:29:48Z")
edit: typo i’m= i oh! look! a preview button! i wonder what it’s good for… ---
**Author:** ![NeutronJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neutronjack/32/4134_2.png) [@NeutronJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeutronJack)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/98 "2002-08-04T18:36:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, the word “parent” is not, repeat not, a _verb_. Yes! Neither is “author”–use “create” or “write” instead. I like starting inane fights by correcting “author” as a verb to “authorize”, e.g., “He authorized the web page.” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/99 "2002-08-04T18:47:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gozu \* > \*\*well…back to spelling mistakes: > > “your” a moron > > i laughed at the first person i noticed using it. i was shocked the third time. i was angry the tenth. i started taking the blows like a man around the twentieth and i’m don’t really remember when i started masturbating to it… \*\* Speaking of spelling mistakes… " i " should be " I " ‘Your’ for ‘you’re’ is bad enough, but no capitalization is just as bad. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337/100 "2002-08-04T19:51:36Z")
**Word** is a solemn or mellow affirmative. “Too bad that Joey caught that 9 last night.” “Word” But is **Word Up** just a longer version of this? I always thought it was a combination of “What’s the word” and “What’s up”? I can tolerate “my bad” in moderation but I hate “cool beans”. I think the difference is that “my bad” is just youthful hip talk, while “cools beans” sounds like something a ten year old would say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337.md?page=6)