# IMHO means...??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822 "2002-09-27T03:58:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ZooMetropolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e480ec/32.png) [@ZooMetropolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZooMetropolis)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822/1 "2002-09-27T03:58:18Z")

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Just wanted to know what IMHO means. 🙂

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822/2 "2002-09-27T04:03:14Z")

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In My Humble Opinion.

Welcome to the boards, **ZooMetropolis**.

By the way, for future reference, questions about this message boards (such as what IMHO and other board acronyms mean) belong in About This Message Board.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![ZooMetropolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e480ec/32.png) [@ZooMetropolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZooMetropolis)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822/3 "2002-09-27T04:09:30Z")

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I’m sorry, thanks for the info

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822/4 "2002-09-27T04:26:27Z")

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No need to apologize. We’ve all posted stuff in the wrong forum at one time or another. 🙂

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822/5 "2002-09-27T05:37:49Z")

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For other abbreviations and such, you can check out (on **ATMB** ) :

[Abbreviations and stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27417)

[Phrase abbreviations in threads (Newbie alert!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28369)

[Attn Newcomers - Abbreviations List](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32636)

[Message Board abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57452)

[abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80573)

[YMMV and other SDMB abbreviations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115129)

The granddaddy of them all on the SDMB:  
[Acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528)

And an outside reference to the NetLingo site:  
[NetLingo: Acronyms & Shorthand](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm)

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> We’ve all posted stuff in the wrong forum at one time or another.

hmmmphhh!

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-means/129822/6 "2002-09-27T08:10:08Z")

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Since this really should be in ATMB (About This Message Board), and it has been answered (Thanks, **zev\_steinhardt** and **tomndebb**.), I’ll close this.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator