# What the heck is YMMV? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 12, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870 "2003-03-12T17:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870/1 "2003-03-12T17:09:17Z")
OK, so I know a lot of the message board acronyms or have managed to figure them out: IIRC, IMHO, ROFLMAO, and so on. But **YMMV**? Even in context I can’t seem to break this code! Enlighten me, dopers, what is YMMV? Your motor may vroom? Young monkeys masturbate viciously? Your mother milks vultures? Yum, make mine Velveeta? Yikes, my member’s voluminous? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870/2 "2003-03-12T17:11:02Z")
Your Mileage May Vary. ---
**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 12, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870/3 "2003-03-12T17:15:49Z")
The answers to this and many other exciting questions that will occur to you can be found by reading the [Frequently Asked Questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1959125#post1959125) thread in the **About This Message Board** forum. Welcome to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870/4 "2003-03-12T17:24:36Z")
Since this is a question about this message board, I’ll move this thread to ATMB. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870/5 "2003-03-12T20:11:39Z")
It means “Your Mileage May Vary,” as in the comment at the end of car commercials about what mileage you can expect to get on the open highway from the new 2003 Vroommobile D-Lux with computer-controlled frammistats. It’s shorthand for “you may see things in a different light, but this is how _I_ see them,” as an acknowledgment of the reader’s right to disagree with the position taken by the poster. _One of my favorite self-depracatory SDMB anecdotes_: Amusingly, back when I was a newbie on this board, somebody wrote a post with a great deal of asperity towards another poster, ending his statement of his POV with “YMMV” – and I was convinced that it stood for “You Make Me Vomit!” :o ---
**Author:** ![jonpluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-ymmv/160870/6 "2003-03-12T20:51:30Z")
I always thought it meant You Might Make Vegtables