spoiler

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If people started posting Game of Thrones spoilers and other such content, I'm sure it would affect usage.

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Quick take

a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spoiler gathered in one view.

noun

a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning

noun

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

noun

someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spoiler.

noun

a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning

noun

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

noun

someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence

See also: pamperer, coddler, mollycoddler

noun

an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds

noun

a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag

Example sentences

If people started posting Game of Thrones spoilers and other such content, I'm sure it would affect usage.

I think you should consider editing your comment to remove the spoiler though, if this was the first time I'd read the story that would have spoiled it a little for me.

— obvious spoiler alert: The answer is no."The answer is yes. If 2% of users have a purpose for it, perhaps it wouldn't have been high up on the priority list to implement as a new feature, but it's already there, and removing it requires extra work.

I think Sharon basically decided that, given Arafat's previous form, he was a very high risk as a grand bargain spoiler - Arafat's moral authority with the Palestinian population remained high.

The patriarch of the protagonist's family is what one might almost call a Western otaku - English-speaking, European-literature-loving, contemptuous of all things Japanese, and a few spoiler things as well - and the novels themselves are heavily influenced by Western murder mysteries & a bit of philosophy too. I was struck by how old-fashioned this preference seemed in the character.