# Ymmv? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 17, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560 "2003-12-17T17:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/1 "2003-12-17T17:06:27Z")
I know I am probabley being really thick and that it may well have been asked before but what does YMMV mean? (by the way I find the amount of abbreviations used on the internet quite worrying - what about us thick people?šŸ˜ƒ ) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/2 "2003-12-17T17:08:46Z")
Your Mileage May Vary - a disclaimer that appeared in vehicle handbooks, but has expanded in meaning to something along the lines of ā€œthatā€™s the way I see it, but you might not agreeā€ ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/3 "2003-12-17T17:09:27Z")
YMMV= Your Milage May Vary. There was even a thread in ATMB(About this message board) way way back which defined all the abbrevations.I will link it if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/4 "2003-12-17T17:11:08Z")
Your mileage may vary. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/5 "2003-12-17T17:11:19Z")
This is a pretty helpful site [http://www.acronymfinder.com/](http://www.acronymfinder.com/) ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/6 "2003-12-17T17:13:55Z")
Wow, that has a genuinley interesting origin. I had seen that expression anywhere before. For some reason my brain would read it as ā€˜your much more than welcomeā€™ which gives you an incite into my diseased mind. I am usually quite good at working out the meaning of abbreviations but that one had me stumped, now I realise I wouldnā€™t have worked it out in a month of sundays. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/7 "2003-12-17T17:15:12Z")
hadnā€™t seenā€¦hadnā€™t seenā€¦need coffeeā€¦want to go home! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/8 "2003-12-17T17:25:05Z")
You mean itā€™s not **You Make Me Vomit**? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/9 "2003-12-17T18:30:40Z")
Two more sources of abbreviations: From the Straight Dope [Acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2528) and from the Web [Acronyms and Shorthand](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/10 "2003-12-17T19:35:00Z")
Itā€™s not so much from vehicle handbooks, as from TV car ads of the 70s. I remember well that the annoucer would say: ā€œIt gets 25 miles per gallon highway, 20 city. Your mileage may vary.ā€ Ed ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/11 "2003-12-17T20:08:49Z")
I had a film professor who said this constantly. Of course, when he was talking about tackling more serious subjects, he called us all ā€œAdult Filmmakersā€. This led to much giggling and the making of t-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/12 "2003-12-18T14:44:35Z")
A Yumvee is a variant of the Humvee military vehicle. It has a pizza oven is the back. šŸ™‚ YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/13 "2003-12-18T14:55:31Z")
Your milk may vanish. Youā€™re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/14 "2003-12-18T15:24:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\*You mean itā€™s not **You Make Me Vomit**? > > šŸ˜ƒ \*\* I read it as that too. Never seemed to fit in with the context of the post though. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/15 "2003-12-18T16:10:53Z")
You mark my vordsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/16 "2003-12-19T06:50:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WILLASS \* > \*\*You mark my vordsā€¦ \*\* good save, dude šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/219560/17 "2003-12-19T08:01:07Z")
hehheh, Iā€™ve never seen incite and insight mixed up before. Didnā€™t even really realize they were homynyms (or whatever that term is) until now. The best and easiest way to find out what any abbreviation is is to use google. Just type in the abbreviation and hit search. Several of the links on the first page will explain it without even having to click the link.