I've literally never heard of anyone using the H in imho meaning "humble" until like, a day or two ago
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ok after very many replies it appears the story here is: "im(humble)o" was a 1990s-era usenet-ism that died out, "im(honest)o" is a 2010s descendant of "imo" and "tbh"
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so group one assumed modern "imho" was a revival rather than a new word with a new etymology, group two never knew the old one, so neither group knew the other interpretation even existed
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Seems to be a generational shift. It was always humble 20 years ago, I think. Is IMNSHO still used? That wouldn’t make sense with “honest.”
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this thread is my first-ever exposure to "imnsho"
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tentative hypothesishttps://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/993605200597397505 …
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alternate take: the young are wrong and don't know anything and also bad
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my take is that the "honest" is fake, ~no one actually believes the H means "honest", and we're all reacting to a phantom
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no I am an honest-believer as is everyone under like 25 I've asked so far
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oh my god. I just reread your initial tweet. you are the first person I've seen who has actually copped to the "honest" reading. i'm so confused.
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I just asked in a friend group that's mostly high school/college age and everyone (n =~ 10? one person also asked everyone in his dorm) has answered "honest"
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I didn't know it was a thing before like, five years ago at most
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no this was definitely a thing in the 90s
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oh I'd never seen imho until sometime in the 2010s
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"IMO" will always me "Information Management Officer" aka "dragooned IT guy in the Army" to me.
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It was funny when an aviator or medlog guy or something working as IMO was 100x better than the "real" IT MOS or contractors they were interacting with.
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Also not to be a dick but "goes into the military to be a trauma surgeon" or "goes into the Army to fly helicopters" gets the top 0.01% of people. "Goes into Army to do IT", not as often as selective.
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