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ESR's Jargon File (later known as The New Hacker's Dictionary) has [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/I/IMHO.html an entry of "IMHO"]. It's also seen in variant forms such as IMNSHO (In My Not-So-Humble Opinion) and IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion).
 
ESR's Jargon File (later known as The New Hacker's Dictionary) has [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/I/IMHO.html an entry of "IMHO"]. It's also seen in variant forms such as IMNSHO (In My Not-So-Humble Opinion) and IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion).
  
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And it has been added into the [http://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-2.1.1.dos.txt Jargon File v2.1 in January 1990], the first version under Eric S. Raymond. Maybe the acronym "IMHO" was invented by science fiction fans in frequent discussions and used on the {{w|Usenet}} which started in 1980. It was in common usage as "humble" in APA (Amateur Press Association) publications during the 1980s, and possibly earlier.
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And it has been added into the [http://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-2.1.1.dos.txt Jargon File v2.1 in January 1990], the first version under Eric S. Raymond. Maybe the acronym "IMHO" was invented by science fiction fans in frequent discussions and used on the {{w|Usenet}} which started in 1980.
  
 
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