# Tmi...tmi....tmi.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376 "2004-10-15T14:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Master\_Killer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Master\_Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Master_Killer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/1 "2004-10-15T14:19:44Z")
Good morning!! I just joined…err…yesterday, after a month of looking (lurking) around. I have a question, a question which will highlight my newness, my newbie status, if you will. What does TMI stand for? Please, spare me your laughter… Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/2 "2004-10-15T14:20:53Z")
Pssst! TMI = Too Much Information, as in More Than We Needed To Know. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/3 "2004-10-15T14:21:22Z")
**T** oo **M** uch **I** nformation. Oversharing. Telling fellow board members intimate detail of your life that maybe they didn’t want to know. I, for one, click on a TMI thread faster than just about anything else. 🙂 And welcome! ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shadowfax33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfax33)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/4 "2004-10-15T14:23:55Z")
Hey, thanks for asking–'cause I didn’t know either. Would you like to hear about my kids, my cats, or my sex life? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/5 "2004-10-15T14:25:19Z")
> [@The Master Killer](#): > > Good morning!! > > I just joined…err…yesterday, after a month of looking (lurking) around. > > I have a question, a question which will highlight my newness, my newbie status, if you will. > > What does TMI stand for? Please, spare me your laughter… > > Thanks… Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/6 "2004-10-15T14:31:04Z")
> [@shadowfax33](#): > > Would you like to hear about my kids, my cats, or my sex life? 😉 d.] all of the above? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/7 "2004-10-15T14:50:31Z")
> [@shadowfax33](#): > > Hey, thanks for asking–'cause I didn’t know either. > > Would you like to hear about my kids, my cats, or my sex life? 😉 How about you kid’s sex life with your cats? ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/8 "2004-10-15T15:00:21Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > How about you kid’s sex life with your cats? Now that is too DAMN much information, not just TMI… ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shadowfax33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfax33)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/9 "2004-10-15T15:02:35Z")
> [@GomiBoy](#): > > Now that is too DAMN much information, not just TMI… So…do you want _pictures?_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/10 "2004-10-15T15:05:18Z")
> [@shadowfax33](#): > > So…do you want _pictures?_ :eek: Not a farking chance, thanks… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/11 "2004-10-15T15:09:01Z")
TMI generally is a warning for the squeamish to stay away and a confirmation for others that the unusual attribute that they might posess is, in fact, not so unusual after all. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/12 "2004-10-15T15:10:58Z")
There was a TMI contest once, well worth a read. Favorite Pimple Stories (especially Broomstick’s) is my favorite TMI thread. Search and Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/13 "2004-10-15T15:24:09Z")
**lee** : Link, please! 😃 Welcome, **The Master Killer**! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/14 "2004-10-15T15:59:04Z")
**TMI** would be telling you _exactly_ what happens with the goats! Some things are best discovered with no prep. Trust us…it’s better that way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/15 "2004-10-15T16:15:43Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Link, please! [Favorite pimple stories (maybe TMI)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449). ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/16 "2004-10-15T16:18:32Z")
Aaaaaand… [The TMI thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=44749) hint: search for toothpaste ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/17 "2004-10-15T21:57:17Z")
Welcome! (The link **neuroman** provided should be one of your first bookmarks. I know I’ve got it saved. :)) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/18 "2004-10-15T23:21:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **TMI** would be telling you _exactly_ what happens with the goats! And, much more gruesomely, what happened with one person and a dog. Golden retriever, if memory serves. With that memory firmly in place, I think I will wait until later to do my usual thing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-tmi-tmi/269376/19 "2004-10-15T23:55:16Z")
You know, last night I dreamt that my armpit hair was covered in a nasty white fungus, making it appear that my pits were infested with maggots. On discovery, I tried to scrape it off, and all my armpit hair fell out. I woke up and thought “Damn you, SDMB TMI Thread!” Of course, I can’t look at toothbrushes the same way anymore either. Especially since they share more and more design features with sex toys.