TMI

English

Noun

TMI (countable and uncountable, plural TMIs)

1. (chemistry) Initialism of trimethylindium.
2. (informal) Initialism of too much information.

   He began to talk about his last trip to the underwear store. I told him, TMI!

   • 2008 November 12, Alex Beam, “Thank you for oversharing”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     TMI, as the youthful txters say? Too Much Information?

3. (psychology) Initialism of transmarginal inhibition.
4. (video, color correction) Initialism of Temperature, Magenta/Green levels, and Intensity.
5. (astrodynamics) Initialism of trans-Mars injection.

   Coordinate terms: TLI, MTO, LTO, GTO, GEO, GSO

Anagrams

• IMT, ITM, MIT, TIM, Tim, Tim., mit-

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Korean

Etymology

From English TMI (“too much information”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰi e̞m a̠i]
• Phonetic hangul: [티 엠 아이]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ti em ai
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ti em ai
McCune–Reischauer?	t'i em ai
Yale Romanization?	thi eym ai

Noun

TMI • (TMI)

1. (Internet slang) unnecessary information that one does not need to know

Usage notes

• Not taboo information, unlike English.