Spoilery

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving or relating to spoilers (disclosures of a story's twists or ending). informal

    "In 2015 Hasbro took a glacial approach to mass-marketing an action figure for Rey, the main character of The Force Awakens, reportedly over concerns that a girl figure wouldn't appeal to boys. The company denied that gender was the reason, instead claiming that the Rey character was too spoilery to release as a stand-alone figure."

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"In 2015 Hasbro took a glacial approach to mass-marketing an action figure for Rey, the main character of The Force Awakens, reportedly over concerns that a girl figure wouldn't appeal to boys. The company denied that gender was the reason, instead claiming that the Rey character was too spoilery to release as a stand-alone figure."

Etymology

From spoiler + -y.

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