"my bad" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-my bad.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-interj}} my bad
  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) My fault; mea culpa. Wikipedia link: Manute Bol Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: mea culpa Translations (my fault): min fejl (Danish), minun vikani (Finnish), minun moka [colloquial] (Finnish), autant pour moi (French), mein Fehler (German), az én hibám (Hungarian), az én saram (Hungarian), én tehetek róla (Hungarian), én vagyok a hunyó (Hungarian), tévedtem (Hungarian), mea culpa (Latin), mój błąd [masculine] (Polish), moja wina [feminine] (Polish), mea culpa (Polish), foi mal (Portuguese), мой кося́к (moj kosják) [slang] (Russian), mala mía (Spanish), benim hatam (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-my_bad-en-intj-LgVuC1O6

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      "sense": "my fault",
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      "sense": "my fault",
      "word": "foi mal"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "my fault",
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      "sense": "my fault",
      "word": "mala mía"
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      "sense": "my fault",
      "word": "benim hatam"
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