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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spoiler</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spod.html" title="spod"/><link rel="next" href="spoiler-space.html" title="spoiler space"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spoiler</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spod.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spoiler-space.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spoiler"/><dt xmlns="" id="spoiler"><b>spoiler</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] </p></dd><dd><p> 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. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Any remark which telegraphs the solution of a problem or puzzle,
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thus denying the reader the pleasure of working out the correct answer (see
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also <a href="../I/interesting.html"><i class="glossterm">interesting</i></a>). Either sense readily forms
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compounds like <span class="firstterm">total spoiler</span>,
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<span class="firstterm">quasi-spoiler</span> and even <span class="firstterm">pseudo-spoiler</span>.</p><p>By convention, articles which are spoilers in either sense should
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contain the word ‘spoiler’ in the Subject: line, or guarantee
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via various tricks that the answer appears only after several screens-full
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of warning, or conceal the sensitive information via
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<a href="../R/rot13.html"><i class="glossterm">rot13</i></a>, <a href="spoiler-space.html"><i class="glossterm">spoiler space</i></a> or some
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combination of these techniques.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spod.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spoiler-space.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">spod </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> spoiler space</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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