TMI

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Etymology

"TMI," a humorous expression, sometimes known as Internet slang, used in North America and the United Kingdom to inform a speaker that he/she is telling or revealing too much about himself/herself or a given topic to the level that the topic becomes gross. The author of this phrase is unknown, but is a suspected and widely supported idea that it began in the Northwest, United States.

Noun

TMI

1. Information of a personal nature that causes the receipient to be grossed out.

   He began to talk about spitting his teeth out after loosing them as a child. I told him, 'TMI!'