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spoilery

spoilery

1 7.9
Revealing important story details that ruin the surprise
  • adjective
  • /ˈspɔɪləri/
  • Texting
: revelador
  • But in other, much more spoilery news, the app that these images came from also seems to set up the final scene in the first of the Hobbit trilogy.

I'll go into frequently asked questions in a second and also this is going to be non spoilery until I say so.

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Examples

  • We have some really fun stuff in store that is too spoilery to share.

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  • I want to talk about the, not to get too spoilery, I would just say the angry child scene.

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  • I'll go into frequently asked questions in a second and also this is going to be non spoilery until I say so.

  • I won't show you the later ones because they get a little spoilery, but just so good.

  • So the rest is going to be spoilery, but like how much spoilers do you really get with that kind of story, right?

  • Script reviews are fantastic, so long as they aren't too spoilery.

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  • The article contained several spoilery details that ruined the movie for me.

  • Avoid spoilery comments if you want to enjoy the surprise ending of the book.

  • I try to keep my reviews non-spoilery so everyone can appreciate the plot twists.

Synonyms

revealing
vsspoilery
81 4.0

Showing information or parts that were hidden before

is about plot details that ruin a reader's surprise
disclosive
vsspoilery
1 8.1

Tends to reveal information

is about plot details that ruin someone else's surprise

How Revealing

spoilery
  • Texting
1 7.9
suggestive
19 5.2
innocuous
30 6.5

Surface Forms

spoilery positive

Morphology

spoilery = spoiler (transparent) = spoil + er + y

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to the noun 'spoiler' to mean 'characterized by or full of spoilers', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word spoilery comes from spoil, which means 'to ruin', as in spoiled milk or a spoiled child, and the ending -y means 'full of'. So something spoilery is 'full of' details that 'ruin' a story or its surprise.