[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.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {rot13}{spoiler space}]