[Air-L] IMHO: Humble or Honest?

[Michelle C Forelle]

XKCD heard us debating this, settles this debate (and a few others)

https://xkcd.com/1989/

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Rafal Zaborowski <
rafal.zaborowski at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've always known it as 'humble', but could it be that 'honest' emerged
> later, along with the rising popularity of 'tbh' - to be honest? Just a
> guess though.
>
> Rafal
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:03 PM, Mark Chen <markchen at u.washington.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > The urban dictionary examples really make it seem like it's context
> > sensitive. When offering advice, imho means humble. When offering
> > criticism, it seems to be honest...
> >
> > mark
> >
> > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 10:35 AM Gabi <gabi at gabi.today> wrote:
> >
> > > The current numbers on this buzzfeed quiz are going for honest -
> > >
> > > https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/what-do-you-think-
> > imho-means?utm_term=.cmn9mJgm5#.dcJ4Lk1LK
> > >
> > > Which is also what I thought it was...
> > >
> > >
> > > On 02.05.2018 19:19, Sarah Quinton wrote:
> > > > humble
> > > >
> > > > Sarah
> > > >
> > > > On 2 May 2018 at 17:15, Mark Chen <markchen at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Yeah. humble.
> > > >>
> > > >> mark
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:52 AM Glatt,ZA (pgr) <Z.A.Glatt at lse.ac.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> humble!
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
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> > > >>> Subject: [Air-L] IMHO: Humble or Honest?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Hey folks,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Was wondering what y'all thought of this -- does the "H" in IMHO
> > stand
> > > >> for
> > > >>> Humble or Honest?
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> > > >> --
> > > >> You see before you *Mark Chen, PhD*.
> > > >> Above his head appears a label that changes every time you look at
> it
> > > >> between "*Hoodie-Wearing Games Scholar Thug*," "*PT Lecturer at UW
> > > >> Bothell*," and
> > > >> "*President of the United States, purveyor of alternative facts*."
> > > >> Do you send him a tweet (*@mcdanger* <http://twitter.com/mcdanger>)
> ,
> > > check
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> > You see before you *Mark Chen, PhD*.
> > Above his head appears a label that changes every time you look at it
> > between "*Hoodie-Wearing Games Scholar Thug*," "*PT Lecturer at UW
> > Bothell*," and
> > "*President of the United States, purveyor of alternative facts*."
> > Do you send him a tweet (*@mcdanger* <http://twitter.com/mcdanger>),
> check
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