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- 1. (in a discussion or review of a film, book, television drama, etc.) a warning that an important detail of the plot development is about to be revealed: "the third season ended (spoiler alert if you don't want to know) with the intervention of a ‘lady in red’"
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The meaning of SPOILER ALERT is a reviewer's warning that a plot spoiler is about to be revealed.
(əlɜːʳt ) adjective. If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen. [...] alertness uncountable noun. See full entry for 'alert' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Definition of 'spoiler' spoiler. (spɔɪləʳ ) countable noun.
noun. /ˈspɔɪlər əlɜːt/ /ˈspɔɪlər əlɜːrt/ a warning that information about what is going to happen in a film, television series, etc. is about to be revealed. In the final episode (spoiler alert) he gets shot. Topics Film and theatre c2. Definitions on the go.
A spoiler is an element of a disseminated summary or description of a media narrative that reveals significant plot elements, with the implication that the experience of discovering the plot naturally, as the creator intended it, has been robbed of its full effect.
Said, or printed, as a warning that the following will give away the ending or important plot development of a drama.
Spoiler Alert definition: An indication, placed in a text, that the plot of a drama is about to be exposed.
Oct 5, 2023 · While it's common to see a "spoiler alert" warning on top of a review, there's no universal agreement on "spoilers." It's up to every reviewer to determine which details are mere...
The phrase "spoiler alert" first appears in a posting about the second Star Trek movie, The Wrath of Khan, in 1982. I first encountered spoiler alerts when I delved into Usenet newsgroups in the late '80s. Spoiler alerts were particularly common on newsgroups devoted to puzzles (such as rec.puzzles, which took over from the earlier net.puzzle).
Sep 8, 2023 · Spoiler alert: The main character, Mark, succumbs to an illness at the end. Indicates that the speaker is about to reveal something unanticipated or unpleasant. Spoiler alert, these measures have not proved to be very helpful at mitigating the effects of this crisis.
Jan 5, 2022 · noun. Definition of spoiler alert. Oh, and spoiler alert: R2 learns how to sing by the end. EW.com , 10 Dec. 2022. Oh, and — for those who haven’t yet watched, here’s the spoiler alert. Suman Naishadham, Fortune , 30 May 2023. But, spoiler alert, in the Netflix flick, the comet hits the Earth — and destroys it. Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022.
