spoiler alert

noun

: a reviewer's warning that a plot spoiler is about to be revealed

Examples of spoiler alert in a Sentence

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With every financial bridge laughingly long ago burned behind her and — spoiler alert! Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 In fact, the only correct guess comes from Rita Ora, who theorizes that Wasp is none other than — spoiler alert! Andy Swift, TVLine, 18 Dec. 2024 The Wide Wide Sea chronicles Captain Cook’s 3rd and (spoiler alert) final voyage to Tahiti, Hawaii, and Alaska. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 Even John Dutton—the powerful patriarch of the Dutton family who (spoiler alert) becomes governor of Montana and is later killed by his adversaries—doesn’t have much use, or time, for a closet full of suits. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spoiler alert 

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spoiler alert was in 1982

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“Spoiler alert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoiler%20alert. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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