What does “tm” mean?

Question

I think it is an Internet slang, but found a few times on the web.

Example:

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What does “tm” mean? I searched on the web and found it means 他妈妈, but then it means 我他妈妈是 and does not make sense...

TM = 他媽, short for the vulgar 他媽的 = motherf*****g. — dROOOze, Jun 03 '18 at 21:50
@droooze Ah, just got to know 他妈 is a slang, not the literal “his mother”! Thanks — Blaszard, Jun 03 '18 at 21:53
It's (obviously) also written TMD. Anyway there's a whole bunch of acronyms and funny abbreviations people use that get updated quite often, mostly to escape censorship, and you might find some of these in another question. — dROOOze, Jun 03 '18 at 22:01
high scores seem puzzling,since TM occurs all the time on web， as 他妈（的）it has been the topic of previous Q (search this site with 他妈) — user6065, Jun 04 '18 at 05:34
@user6065 how can someone to know to search 他媽 if they didn't know what TM means? I actually tried the same search myself, before this question/answer nothing actually turned up. That's why I agreed to write an answer for it. — dROOOze, Jun 04 '18 at 08:24
As that many dirty words are banned in most websites in China, so people may choose variant versions like initialism from pinyin like TM / TMD from ta ma / ta ma de, or some other homophones, like 踏马, etc. — xenophōn, Jun 07 '18 at 02:47
for example: 这天气真TM好！ or 这天气真踏马好！ equals to 这天气真他妈好！ — xenophōn, Jun 07 '18 at 02:50

dROOOze · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-04T00:28:47.787

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TM (also written TMD) is short for 他/她媽的, literally ('his/her mother's'), equivalent to English motherf*****g.

See the Wiktionary entry for more details.

edited Jun 04 '18 at 00:28

answered Jun 03 '18 at 22:08

dROOOze

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '18 at 01:45

TM, TMD: 他妈，他妈的/地.

Depending on contexts, it could be interpreted differently:

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