May 15, 2003

spoiler space

[also spoiler spoo or spoiler protection] A screenful of blank or spacer lines deliberately inserted in a message following a spoiler warning, so the actual spoiler can't be seen without hitting a key. Formfeeds used to be used for this, but are now rare because so many people read news through Web interfaces on which they have no good interpretation.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:28 AM

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