Korean slang profile
피엠아이
piemai
Wanting more information, unlike TMI, which means excessive or unnecessary information.
Wanting more information, unlike TMI, which means excessive or unnecessary information.
- Expanded form
- PMI: please more informationPMI: please more information
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
팬들이 더 많은 이야기를 듣고 싶다며 피엠아이라고 말했다.
Fans said 피엠아이 because they wanted to hear more stories.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026