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spoiler
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [Usenet] 1. A remark which reveals important plot elements from books or
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movies, thus denying the reader (of the article) the proper suspense when
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reading the book or watching the movie. 2. Any remark which telegraphs the
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solution of a problem or puzzle, thus denying the reader the pleasure of
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working out the correct answer (see also interesting ). Either sense readily
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forms compounds like total spoiler , quasi-spoiler and even pseudo-spoiler.
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By convention, articles which are spoilers in either sense should contain
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the word spoiler in the Subject: line, or guarantee via various tricks that
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the answer appears only after several screens-full of warning, or conceal
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the sensitive information via rot13 , spoiler space or some combination of
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these techniques.
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