(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’
Example sentencesExamples
The climactic twist in the movie [spoiler alert] is that the person who was helping the police to find the "devil" was actually the devil himself!
I guess I should've put a "Spoiler Alert" at the top of this review.
WARNING: Small spoiler alert for this post, big spoiler alert for the comments.
Spoiler alert: he becomes Henry V.
SPOILER ALERT: I am about to give away the ending.
Spoiler Alert: The following article reveals details of the movie's plot, including its conclusion.
Spoiler Alert: This review assumes that the reader is familiar with the story of King Kong, including the ending.
(Friends and family spoiler alert: don't read further if you like a surprise on the 25th.)
At the end (spoiler alert), we find the suspect he'd framed on a hunch has confessed, so he was right all along, even if his methods stink.
Definition of spoiler alert in US English:
spoiler alert
noun
(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’
Example sentencesExamples
(Friends and family spoiler alert: don't read further if you like a surprise on the 25th.)
Spoiler Alert: This review assumes that the reader is familiar with the story of King Kong, including the ending.
Spoiler Alert: The following article reveals details of the movie's plot, including its conclusion.
SPOILER ALERT: I am about to give away the ending.
Spoiler alert: he becomes Henry V.
WARNING: Small spoiler alert for this post, big spoiler alert for the comments.
The climactic twist in the movie [spoiler alert] is that the person who was helping the police to find the "devil" was actually the devil himself!
At the end (spoiler alert), we find the suspect he'd framed on a hunch has confessed, so he was right all along, even if his methods stink.
I guess I should've put a "Spoiler Alert" at the top of this review.