Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: imao
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Initialism of in my arrogant opinion.

Humorous

Etymology

Coined in contrast to IMHO (“in my humble opinion”).

Usage

Humorous

Synonyms

in my opinion in my honest opinion in my humble opinion IMAO IMHO IMNSHO IMNAAHO IMO

Questions

What does imao mean?: Initialism of in my arrogant opinion.
Where does imao come from?: Coined in contrast to IMHO (“in my humble opinion”).

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