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Your Mileage May Vary, or YMMV, is a generic warning that the person giving an opinion recognises that not everyone agrees with them. It is commonly used in cases where expressing an opinion on a work of fiction wither way would trigger an Internet Backdraft. For example, someone might say "I thought the Lord Of The Rings movies were pretty good, but your mileage may vary" or "YMMV, but I can't stand Arrested Development.
The title of this trope comes from US car ads in the 1970s and 1980s which was stuck in to indicate that the customer might not get as much fuel efficiency as the ad claimed. The phrase has since been adopted to mean 'you may not get the same thing out of this as me'. The kids' show Beakmans World made the actual phrase into a mini-Catch Phrase as well.
Compare Love It Or Hate It, where the mileage seems to stretch a lot.
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