Question of the Day #895

Scottie Scheffler Provides ‘TMI’ and Explains His ‘Excruciatingly Painful’ Bu** Crack Injury

From the headline of this article at Essentially Sports.

  上記の文で、TMIの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "TMI" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

[インターネット略] = too much information (情報が多過ぎて混乱状態だ)

下記英語の定義にあるように「特に、個人的な情報を公にした場合に注意として使われることが多い」
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

Too much information
(used especially to suggest that someone has revealed personal information that would better be kept private)

   

Examples

• Some of her [Twitter] followers deemed the disclosures inappropriate and chimed in with judgmental, sarcastic responses such as "TMI" and "Yikes." - Anna Holmes
• Her pregnancy updates are TMI.
• In a true moment of TMI, Dash shared with Williams her penchant for sleeping with potential husbands on the first date.
- WHY STACEY DASH’S LOOKS—NOT HER RACE—MATTER IN HER ROMNEY ENDORSEMENT|ALLISON SAMUELS|OCTOBER 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
• I needed to go to the bathroom very badly—sorry, TMI!
• Facebook users who over-share often get accused of “TMI,” or “too much information.” - THE 'WHERE'S WALDO' BANK ROBBER|WINSTON ROSS|SEPTEMBER 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST

   

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