TMI stands for “too much information”, roughly “spare me the details”: a reaction to unnecessary personal details about health, arguments or someone's habits. It's not about length: one sentence can be TMI. You can say it about yourself, too: Sorry, TMI. It's informal; in work messages, people don't reply like this.
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TMI = too much information; That's TMI; Sorry, TMI
- Sorry, TMI — you didn't need the whole story about our family argument.
- He started describing his roommate's private habits, and someone replied, 'TMI.'
- That detail may be TMI for the group chat.
What changed
First versionSorry for oversharing — too many information.
RevisionSorry for oversharing — too much information.
Information sounds like many separate facts, so many seems right. But information is uncountable, so too much information.
TLDR means “too long, didn't read” and is about the length of a text. TMI is about inappropriate personal details. Overshare is the action itself, and TMI is the reaction to it.
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Choose the reaction to an unnecessary private detail, rather than a label for a summary: That's ___.
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TMI — TMI is a reaction to an unnecessary private detail. TLDR is about the length of a text, not privacy.
Write a short line in a friendly chat admitting that you said too much. Use TMI.
Sorry, TMI — the short version is that the family dinner was awkward.
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