Meanings
- informalAn expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.
Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.
Synonyms: TMI
- informalAn expression indicating that someone has imparted an excessive amount of information that cannot be processed in a short amount of time.
- InternetinformalIntroduces an expansion of a short answer with additional information that may be extraneous or unnecessary, hinting that it can be ignored if the short answer was sufficient.
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAn expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.
Origin
The expression was first shortened to "TMI" by former Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Checkler circa 1988. It was not until the late 1990s however, that the term was popularized by online communities. See also TMI.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Māori āmiki rawa tēnā
- āmiki rawa tēnāan expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal
Cite this entry
too much information. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20much%20information
“too much information.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20much%20information. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “too much information,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20much%20information.
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