# What does TMI mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286 "2000-11-22T14:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Assailant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@The\_Assailant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Assailant)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/1 "2000-11-22T14:51:16Z")
Does it stand for **T** eeming **Mi** llions ? Oh wait, how about Too Much Information? Yeah that would be it, of course, it fits in to all those places where I have seen it. Oh well, may as well click the “clear fields” button now. Hopefully I don’t miss and click the button next to it… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/2 "2000-11-22T15:37:35Z")
And if you’re in Central Pennsylvania, it’s **T** hree **M** ile **I** sland. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/3 "2000-11-22T15:55:33Z")
TMI=Too Much Ingestion. hypergirl suffers from this condition. Also abbreviated TMS. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/4 "2000-11-22T16:03:37Z")
TMI are the initials of Turov Mikial Ilyonovischstrauss. He was a brilliant, though largely unknown, Spanish composer of the 18th century who had a naughty little habit of naming his works after his genatalia. Among his best are: The Scrotum Waltz Penile Sonata Ode to My Stiffy Testicular Symphonies #1, 2, and . . . 3? ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/5 "2000-11-22T16:16:48Z")
Yep Crunchy but one of his first and almost lost to time works was: The Jackoff Boogie Few people know this but I thought I would share it with you. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/6 "2000-11-22T16:20:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\*And if you’re in Central Pennsylvania, it’s **T** hree **M** ile **I** sland. \*\* Oh… I thought after the accident, it was renamed **T** wo **M** ile **I** sland. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/7 "2000-11-22T17:49:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*TMI=Too Much Ingestion. hypergirl suffers from this condition. Also abbreviated TMS. \*\* Hey! Whadaya mean by that? Anyway, as far as the context of this board, TMI stands for Too Much Information. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/8 "2000-11-22T18:02:50Z")
And I thought TMI stood for Too Much Idiocy. Witness the TMI thread. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/9 "2000-11-22T18:08:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aha \* > \*\*Yep Crunchy but one of his first and almost lost to time works was: > The Jackoff Boogie > \*\* Is that the one with the cannon and fireworks being shot off at the end? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/10 "2000-11-22T18:34:39Z")
I thought it was Too Much Information. As in…TMI, did not need to **know** that… ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/11 "2000-11-22T21:33:07Z")
Also - It could stand for **T** eeni **M** eeni **I** nnie, which I believe is Latin for ‘Little Bitty Belly button’ ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/12 "2000-11-23T01:37:34Z")
hey, guys, where are you getting such a great price on Purinatrollchow ™? I can’t find it down at my local feed store. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-mean/42286/13 "2000-11-23T14:45:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*TMI are the initials of Turov Mikial Ilyonovischstrauss. He was a brilliant, though largely unknown, Spanish composer of the 18th century… \*\* Tsk. People always seem to neglect the vastly underrated “Magic Bowel Movement.” TMI, you are not forgotten.