IMHO

English

Phrase

IMHO

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of in my humble opinion.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:in my opinion

   • 1995 April 27, Helen Gerald, “Re: Liz Hurley”, in rec.arts.tv.uk‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <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.

   • 2024 October 9, Praveena Somasundaram, “A hurricane hunter’s final, fitting resting place: Milton’s eye”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C., retrieved 2024-10-10:

     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.

2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of 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

• IMAO

Derived terms

• IMNAAHO
• IMNSHO

Related terms

• IMO
• JMHO

Translations

in my humble opinion

• Czech: DMSN
• French: àmha (fr)
• German: mbMn, mMn (de)
• Hungarian: szvsz
• Portuguese: EMHO (pt), NMHO (pt)
• Russian: по моему скромному мнению (po mojemu skromnomu mneniju), имхо (ru) (imxo)

References

• What Does IMHO Mean?

Anagrams

• Miho, OHIM