IMHO
- 1Initialism of in my humble opinion.
IMHO, the new policy will do more harm than good.
The restaurant is overrated, IMHO, given the prices they charge.
Note
A modesty formula that is often not modest at all. Like the full phrase, it marks a claim as the writer's own view rather than settled fact. It sits at the front of a sentence or is tacked onto the end, set off by a comma. The humility can be pointed: Frank Marks learned that when his colleague Peter Dodge wrote IMHO in an email, it meant Marks was getting something wrong.
- 2Initialism of in my honest opinion.
IMHO, the book's ending felt rushed and unconvincing.
The candidate handled the debate poorly, IMHO.
Note
The same four letters, expanded with honest instead of humble. Both readings do the same job of flagging a view as the writer's own, so a reader usually cannot tell which one is meant, and it rarely matters. The shade differs, though. Honest promises candor where the "humble" reading performs modesty, so this expansion suits a blunt verdict better than a polite hedge.
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