# Yet another internet abreviation I do not know. What does "YMMV" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109 "2005-01-04T23:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/1 "2005-01-04T23:48:53Z")
'nough said. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/2 "2005-01-04T23:50:33Z")
Your Mileage May Vary That is, what is said may not apply to you or your situation. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/3 "2005-01-04T23:51:11Z")
Yummy, My Medieval Varlot! Okay, it’s really Your Mileage May Vary Some restrictions apply. See dealer for complete details. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/4 "2005-01-04T23:52:54Z")
You May Make Vomit. Wait… that’s not…? Man, that changes _everything_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/5 "2005-01-04T23:55:11Z")
Your response displayed at the same time my post finally went through with no refreshing. Are you waiting for me to post questions? Thanks **FairyChatMom**. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/6 "2005-01-04T23:59:26Z")
My pleasure. I guess I should turn down my psychic powers, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/7 "2005-01-05T00:00:14Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > You May Make Vomit. > > Wait… that’s not…? Man, that changes _everything_. > > 😃 You know, back in '99 when I first joined the boards, I thought that **was** what it meant – and the first time someone used it, it was in a context where it might make sense that it did! Someone was expressing disgust for the position taken by the person he was responding to, and stating his own quite vehemently. Then he mellowed out slightly at the end of the post, and finally concluded with “YMMV.” Penis ensued! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/8 "2005-01-05T00:01:59Z")
Yoyo Ma My Vagina! ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/9 "2005-01-05T00:15:05Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My pleasure. I guess I should turn down my psychic powers, huh? If you could that would be great. I am trying to get the gold medal game and am stuck with static atm 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/10 "2005-01-05T00:15:36Z")
[OAYMUALTEM](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136936) \* Other Abbreviations You Might Use and Links To Even More ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/11 "2005-01-05T00:20:58Z")
I don’t think I would have guessed that one either **tomndebb**. Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/12 "2005-01-05T00:37:24Z")
YMMV Not _You May Make Vomit_, but _You Make Me Vomit_ ROTFL = Right on the Fucking Line LOL = Lots (or Love) of Latex ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/13 "2005-01-05T00:57:49Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Yoyo Ma My Vagina! WTF? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/14 "2005-01-05T04:24:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > WTF? > > 🙂 Widdle Tiny Ferrets? ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/15 "2005-01-05T04:42:49Z")
Close. WTF = **W** hat **T** he **F** uck ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/16 "2005-01-05T12:07:52Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > Close. > > WTF = **W** hat **T** he **F** uck Hmm, well what does “WHOOSH” mean, then? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/17 "2005-01-05T12:15:20Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Hmm, well what does “WHOOSH” mean, then? Why Haven’t Others Overcome Sicilian Heckling? And I always thought it meant Whiskey Tango Foxtrot… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-internet-abreviation-i-do-not-know-what-does-ymmv-mean/283109/18 "2005-01-05T12:32:31Z")
Yippee! Mislaid My Virginity!