Word to the Wise: Mea Culpa

“Mea culpa” (MAY-uh KUL-puh) – Latin for “through my fault” – is a formal acknowledgement of personal blame or error.

Example (as used by Robert Ringer today): “[Governor Mark Sanford] also impressed me by not humiliating his wife further by having her stand dutifully by his side at his mea culpa press conference – ala Eliot Spitzer, Jim McGreevey, David Vitter, et al.”

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