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spoiler alert en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. An indication, placed in a text, that the plot of a drama is about to be exposed.
    • Spoiler alert: The main character, Mark, succumbs to an illness at the end.
  2. (humorous, often) Indicates that the speaker is about to reveal something unanticipated or unpleasant.
    • As we approach the midpoint of the year, it is timely to offer a scorecard on the ministerial achievements towards these aims. And - spoiler alert - it does not make happy reading for the Government. 2023 June 14, Christian Wolmar, “Ministerial report makes depressing reading for the railway”, in RAIL, number 985, page 44:
    • Spoiler alert, these measures have not proved to be very helpful at mitigating the effects of this crisis.
    • At this point, an appropriately impressed Jimmy Fallon asks if her [Millie Bobby Brown's] ear for accents extends beyond Miley Cyrus sitcoms, and—SPOILER ALERT—it definitely does. 2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:

Relateds

newsflash

Synonyms

spoiler warning · spoiler ahead · spoiler ahead · spoiler warning

Translations (2)

pt alerta de spoiler (an indication, placed in a text, that the plot of a drama is about to be exposed) · hu lelövöm a poént (indicates that the speaker is about to reveal something unanticipated or unpleasant)

spoiler alert en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spoiler, alert: a warning that plot elements in a drama will be exposed.

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