initialism🔤 abbreviation
TMI
too much information
What it means
TMI stands for 'too much information.' You say it — often half-jokingly — when someone shares a detail that's more personal or graphic than you wanted to know. It can be a gentle protest or a self-aware warning before oversharing.
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Examples
- Spare me the details — TMI!
- TMI, but I haven't slept in two days.
- He told the whole office about his surgery. TMI.
- Warning: TMI ahead.
Where it comes from
A conversational initialism that crossed from speech into texting, used to flag oversharing.
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