spoiler alert en · INTJ
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Meanings
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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.
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(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:
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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)