# Tmi????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900>\
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**Created:** [June 28, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900 "2003-06-28T02:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900/1 "2003-06-28T02:04:23Z")

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I keep seeing references to"TMI" in threads. I gather from the context that it means something disgusting, but the only guess I can make is “terribly manky information”.  
Please enlighten…

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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:** [June 28, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900/2 "2003-06-28T02:09:40Z")

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You don’t want to know. 🙂

Actually, it stands for Too Much Information.

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**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900/3 "2003-06-28T02:17:52Z")

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I think **TMI** might mean “Too Much Information”…, someone else who truly is sure will come by and interpret it correctly;

Meanwhile - I got a giggle out of _terribly manky information_ !  
I’m now curious what _manky_ means…?!

And hello there **mrsface** 🙂

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**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900/4 "2003-06-28T02:27:38Z")

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Thanks people.

“Manky” - my dictionary gives “dirty” or “rotten”; I tend to think of it meaning vaguely squalid or tatty.

Come to think of it, **Terribly Manky Information** might make a decent username…

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900/5 "2003-06-28T02:40:05Z")

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Brass manky… that spanky manky…

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/184900/6 "2003-06-28T05:47:40Z")

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