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Noun

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TMI (countable and uncountable, plural TMIs)

  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of trimethylindium.
  2. (informal) Initialism of too much information.
    He began to talk about his last trip to the underwear store. I told him, TMI!
    • 2008 November 12, Alex Beam, “Thank you for oversharing”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      TMI, as the youthful txters say? Too Much Information?
    • 2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times[2]:
      Hoover’s books go down like a T.M.I. Facebook confessional, rubbernecking you in from the first sentence. Certain patterns quickly emerge.
    • 2024 May 7, Nicholas Kristof, “Conversations and insights about the moment.”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
      Perhaps. But more likely, Daniels’s propensity for offering TMI — bolstered by easygoing quips that made the jury laugh — kept her basic story and her credibility intact.
  3. (psychology) Initialism of transmarginal inhibition.
  4. (video, color correction) Initialism of Temperature, Magenta/Green levels, and Intensity.
  5. (astrodynamics) Initialism of trans-Mars injection.
    Coordinate terms: TLI, MTO, LTO, GTO, GEO, GSO

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Etymology

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From English TMI (too much information).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ti em ai
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ti em ai
McCune–Reischauer?t'i em ai
Yale Romanization?thi eym ai

Noun

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TMI (ti em ai)

  1. (Internet slang) unnecessary information that one does not need to know

Usage notes

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  • Not taboo information, unlike English.