too much information
(informal) An expression indicating that someone has imparted an excessive amount of information that cannot be processed in a short amount of time.
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Born ~1988 · 1 year of recorded useDefinitions
(informal) An expression indicating that someone has imparted an excessive amount of information that cannot be processed in a short amount of time.
Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.
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(informal) An expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.
“I may sound like I never go out with my last posts, but I do, in my mountains. 😅 Not in big cities. I study remotely. This is too much information about myself, I'm embarrassed, I'll stop now.”
Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.
"too much information" means: An expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"too much information" means: An expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I may sound like I never go out with my last posts, but I do, in my mountains. 😅 Not in big cities. I study remotely. This is too much information about myself, I'm embarrassed, I'll stop now.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(informal, internet slang) Introduces an expansion of a short answer with additional information that may be extraneous or unnecessary, hinting that it can be ignored if the short answer was sufficient.
Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.
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Too much information. A reaction to someone sharing a detail — usually about their body, their relationship, or their bathroom — that the listener wishes they hadn't. Sometimes self-applied as a warning before sharing such a detail anyway.
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(informal) A large amount.
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(chiefly, Internet slang) Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text, or to introduce a short summary of a text perceived as overly long.