I’m sure you’ve heard the word spoilers, but you may not know what it is. The word ‘spoiler’ is a Anglicism collected by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (RAE) which, according to its definition, is used in the sense of ‘disclosure of details of the plot of a work of fiction’.
From the RAE they recommend using ‘gut’ (from gutting ‘anticipating the outcome of a story to those who don’t know it’) instead of spoiler, which as we say comes from English. However, this suggestion does not seem to fit as well in the Latin American context as in the Spanish, according to a interesting twitter thread in which hundreds of tweeters discussed this matter.
The RAE adds that, in the event that you do not want to use the equivalent of spoiler, which would be guttingyou can also use the adapted spelling ‘spoiler’which is already documented in Spanish and whose inclusion in the academic dictionary is under study.
Thus, leaving aside the name and how to write it, the concept of a spoiler is easy to understand. It is about when someone tells you the end or the keys to a movie, book, story, etc., so the emotion and interest is no longer the same.
Many people choose to notify that they are going to reveal some information that may be a spoiler and put things like: Spoiler alert! So the audience can choose to stay or go. But not everyone does. Here are some tips so you know how to avoid spoilers.
How to avoid spoilers
one. Silence words on Twitter: go to your profile picture and when the Menu opens select Settings and privacy. Click on Silenced words and from there click on Add and put what you want to silence.
2. Mute comments on Instagram: It’s the same as on Twitter, but it only applies to comments and the process is different. Go to Edit Profile and from there to Comments. You will see a box where you can add what you want not to see separated by commas.
3. Install Unspoiler in Chrome: is an extension that prevents you from seeing spoilers on any page you open in Chrome.
4. Do not enter social networks: Nothing can protect you online…
Source: Lasexta
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