# YMMV

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047 "2009-01-26T13:25:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![ponsonby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@ponsonby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ponsonby)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/1 "2009-01-26T13:25:06Z")

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What does this mean? I’ve seen it in different threads but its meaning escapes me. I’m still not up on intenet shorthand.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/2 "2009-01-26T13:27:35Z")

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Your Mileage May Vary

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**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/3 "2009-01-26T13:28:02Z")

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Your Mileage May Vary.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/4 "2009-01-26T13:29:16Z")

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Your Mileage May Vary, It implies that your worldview may be different from the poster’s.  
Comes from some kind of sticker on cars or something like that.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/5 "2009-01-26T13:36:59Z")

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Note that Google is quite helpful for this and other obscure abbreviations.

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/6 "2009-01-26T13:45:17Z")

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Although some people say it means “Your Mileage Might Vary”, other people will have different meanings for it, YMMV.

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**Author:** ![ponsonby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@ponsonby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ponsonby)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/7 "2009-01-26T13:46:20Z")

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Thanks everyone. Seems obvious now that it’s spelled out for me.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/8 "2009-01-26T14:01:13Z")

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Most of these common abbreviations and in-jokes are explained in a permanent thread in the About This Message Board forum:

[Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298)

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**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:** [January 26, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/9 "2009-01-26T14:22:26Z")

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> [@Ximenean](#):
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> Most of these common abbreviations and in-jokes are explained in a permanent thread in the About This Message Board forum:
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> [Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298)

And after reading that, please do not start using “hi, Opal”. We really did stop doing that about 8 years ago.

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**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv/483047/10 "2009-01-26T14:23:58Z")

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we did? I used it just last week. Boy, is my face red.