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too much information

too much information interjection: an expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.

Interjection

  1. (informal) An 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
  2. (informal) An expression indicating that someone has imparted an excessive amount of information that cannot be processed in a short amount of time.
  3. (Internet, informal) Introduces 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 of too much information

Origin of too much information

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.

Questions about too much information

What does too much information mean?
Too much information means an expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.
What part of speech is too much information?
Too much information is an interjection.

Words near too much information in the dictionary

  1. too many cooks spoil the stew
  2. too many cooks spoils the broth
  3. Too Many Mouths
  4. too much
  5. too much bed makes a dull head
  6. too much information
  7. too much of a good thing
  8. too much pudding will choke a dog
  9. too much water drowned the miller
  10. too posh to push
  11. too rich for one's blood

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