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YMMV

YMMV is the initialism of your mileage may vary.

Meaning of your mileage may vary

Phrase

your mileage may vary

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic, often) It may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience.
    • The battery lasts a day in my phone, but your mileage may vary.
  2. (Canada, US, idiomatic) Used to express a possible difference in taste: this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different.
    • I think that red dress looks really good on you, but your mileage may vary, of course.

Questions about YMMV

What is YMMV the initialism of?
YMMV is the initialism of your mileage may vary.

Words near YMMV in the dictionary

  1. ymet
  2. YMHA
  3. Ymir
  4. ymixt
  5. YMMD
  6. YMMV
  7. ymolt
  8. ymolten
  9. ymp tree
  10. ymp trees
  11. ympe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: YMMV (page history and authors); your mileage may vary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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