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IMHO
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en internet slang text messaging en in my humble opinion.
en Thesaurus:in my opinion
en Helen Gerald 1995-04-27 Re: Liz Hurley rec.arts.tv.uk 1bd766f1e95e31fd http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv.uk/msg/1bd766f1e95e31fd IMHO she just devalues the rest of us who want to be judged by what we do and what we are, not how we look and who we discuss Uganda with.
en A hurricane hunter’s final, fitting resting place: Milton’s eye Praveena Somasundaram The Washington Post Washington, D.C. 2024-10-09 2024-10-10 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/09/hurricane-milton-meteorologist-ashes/ While they worked together, [Frank] Marks quickly learned that when [Peter] Dodge offered his thoughts in an email and wrote “IMHO,” meaning “in my humble opinion,” Marks should heed them because “that meant I was screwing up,” he said. https://web.archive.org/web/20241010025743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/09/hurricane-milton-meteorologist-ashes/ 10 October 2024
en internet slang text messaging en in my honest opinion.
Usage notes
"In my humble opinion" seems to be the original sense, present in sources dating back to 1986. The origin of the second sense ("honest") is not known but this use is present in sources as early as 1994. Some authors speculate that the second sense may have arisen out of confusion with TBH, or because the opinions offered often turned out not to be so humble after all.
Antonyms
en IMAO
Derived terms
en IMNAAHO
en IMNSHO
Related terms
en IMO
en JMHO
Translations
in my humble opinion
Czech: cs DMSN
French: fr àmha
German: de mbMn, de mMn
Hungarian: hu szvsz
Portuguese: pt EMHO, pt NMHO
Russian: ru по моему скромному мнению, ru имхо
References
What Does IMHO Mean?
Anagrams
en himo Miho OHIM
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