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spoiler

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spoiler  \Spoil"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  spoils;  a  plunderer;  a  pillager;  a  robber;  a 
  despoiler. 
 
  2.  One  who  corrupts,  mars,  or  renders  useless. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spoiler 
  n  1:  a  candidate  with  no  chance  of  winning  but  who  may  draw 
  enough  votes  to  prevent  one  of  the  leading  candidates 
  from  winning 
  2:  someone  who  takes  spoils  or  plunder  (as  in  war)  [syn:  {plunderer}, 
  {pillager},  {looter},  {despoiler},  {raider},  {freebooter}] 
  3:  an  airfoil  mounted  on  the  rear  of  a  car  to  reduce  lift  at 
  high  speeds 
  4:  a  hinged  airfoil  on  the  upper  surface  of  an  aircraft  wing 
  that  is  raised  to  reduce  lift  and  increase  drag 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  spoiler  n.  [Usenet]  1.  A  remark  which  reveals  important  plot 
  elements  from  books  or  movies,  thus  denying  the  reader  (of  the  article) 
  the  proper  suspense  when  reading  the  book  or  watching  the  movie. 
  2.  Any  remark  which  telegraphs  the  solution  of  a  problem  or  puzzle, 
  thus  denying  the  reader  the  pleasure  of  working  out  the  correct  answer 
  (see  also  {interesting}).  Either  sense  readily  forms  compounds  like 
  `total  spoiler',  `quasi-spoiler'  and  even  `pseudo-spoiler'. 
 
  By  convention,  articles  which  are  spoilers  in  either  sense  should 
  contain  the  word  `spoiler'  in  the  Subject:  line  or  guarantee  via  various 
  tricks  that  the  answer  appears  only  after  several  screens-full  of  warning, 
  or  conceal  the  sensitive  information  via  {rot13},  {spoiler  space}  or 
  some  combination  of  these  techniques. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  spoiler 
 
  1.  A  remark  which  reveals  important  plot  elements 
  from  books  or  movies,  thus  denying  the  reader  (of  the  article) 
  the  proper  suspense  when  reading  the  book  or  watching  the 
  movie. 
 
  2.  Any  remark  which  telegraphs  the  solution  of  a  problem  or 
  puzzle,  thus  denying  the  reader  the  pleasure  of  working  out 
  the  correct  answer  (see  also  {interesting}).  Either  sense 
  readily  forms  compounds  like  "total  spoiler",  "quasi-spoiler" 
  and  even  "pseudo-spoiler". 
 
  By  convention,  {Usenet}  news  articles  which  are  spoilers  in 
  either  sense  should  contain  the  word  spoiler"  in  the  Subject: 
  line  or  guarantee  via  various  tricks  that  the  answer  appears 
  only  after  several  screens-full  of  warning,  or  conceal  the 
  sensitive  information  via  {rot13},  or  some  combination  of 
  these  techniques. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-01-18)




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