spoiler

n.

1. One who seizes spoils or booty.
2. Something that causes spoilage.
3. 1. A long, narrow hinged plate on the upper surface of an airplane wing that reduces lift and increases drag when raised.
   2. An air deflector mounted usually at the rear of an automobile to reduce lift at high speeds.
4. A candidate for office whose chances of winning are slight but who may get enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning.
5. A published piece of information that divulges a surprise, such as a plot twist in a movie.

[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.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - spoiler

Nederlands (Dutch)
iemand die de boel verziekt, spoiler

Français (French)
n. - (Aut) becquet, (Aviat) aérofrein

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bremsklappe, Spoiler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πτερύγιο επιβράδυνσης/εκτροπής, αεροτομή, (αεροδυναμική) πρόσθετη ποδιά ή θωράκιο αυτοκινήτου

Italiano (Italian)
spoiler

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saqueador (m)

Русский (Russian)
прерыватель потока, спойлер, помеха, "третий лишний"

Español (Spanish)
n. - aguafiestas, expoliador, freno aerodinámico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spoiler, vingklaff

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抢夺者, 损坏者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 搶奪者, 損壞者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 망쳐놓는 사람, 스포일러(하강 선회 능률을 좋게 하기 위하여 날개에 다는), 방해 입후보자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - だめにするもの, 甘やかす人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مفسد, لوحه تركب خلف السيارة لزيادة التصاقها بالطريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שודד, מקלקל, משחית, מפריע‬

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spoiler	yaris spoiler
grand spoiler	accord wagon spoiler