spoiler alert

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

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

2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   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.
   • 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.
   • 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.

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