# Tmi? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 24, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915 "2002-03-24T23:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/1 "2002-03-24T23:46:32Z")
Okay…I’ve been around for ages, but somehow this slipped past me. What does TMI stand for? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/2 "2002-03-24T23:52:11Z")
Too Much Information ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/3 "2002-03-25T02:06:52Z")
And sometimes, Three Mile Island. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/4 "2002-03-25T12:03:14Z")
Or as one of my British friends puts it, “Overshare!” ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/5 "2002-03-25T15:11:19Z")
Timmy! pan ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/6 "2002-03-25T15:16:17Z")
Too Many Indiscretions ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/7 "2002-03-25T21:09:11Z")
Thanks to the **kabbes** man, I will now always read TMI as “Timmaay!!!” ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/8 "2002-03-26T10:13:26Z")
I live to serve. Anyway, you might henceforth always _read_ “Timm-eh!”, but I be you’ll still _think_ “ **SPOOFE** ” 😃 pan ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/9 "2002-03-27T21:44:04Z")
I might briefly think of SPOOFE, but that thought will immediate be followed by “OG SMASH.” I’d like to cast the first ATMB vote that the “Og vs. Cuthulu” thread is the funniest thread of the month. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi/99915/10 "2002-03-27T21:47:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > Or as one of my British friends puts it, “Overshare!” I always liked the old DOS error: SHARING VIOLATION