“Spoiler alert” is a warning that the plot of a drama is about to be revealed. “Spoiler” alerts usually don’t involve food, but there are several jokes. “SPOILER ALERT: The milk in my fridge will expire next week” was posted on Twitter on August 21, 2011.
“I once set an alarm to tell me when my milk would expire. Spoiler alert” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on September 24, 2017.
Wiktionary: spoiler alert
Interjection
spoiler alert
1. An indication, placed in a text, that the plot of a drama is about to be exposed.
Twitter
Nintendo Boy
@jeffreyvega
SPOILER ALERT: The milk in my fridge will expire next week.
3:34 PM - 21 Aug 2011
Twitter
Tony Moore
@trophy_huzband
*SPOILER ALERT* My gallon of milk is going to expire 9/21/11
10:37 AM - 10 Sep 2011
Twitter
Aaron Nemo
@aaronnemo
That milk in your refrigerator is going to expire on Thursday. Spoiler Alert.
7:50 PM - 14 Jan 2014
Twitter
Fox Nelson
@Phauwxxe
This movie about milk tells me when it’s going to expire. WOW Spoiler alert much.
6:33 PM - 1 Oct 2014
Twitter
Movie Vigilante
@MovieVigilante
Spoiler Alert: The milk in my fridge is set to expire tomorrow http://tsu.co/MovieVigilante/107774563 …
11:19 PM - 11 Jan 2016
Reddit—Jokes
I once set an alarm to tell me when my milk would expire
submitted September 24, 2017 by Ebuthead
Spoiler alert
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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