What you say to others in your vicinity prior to making a loud/shrill sound with the equipment you're working with; the purpose is to avoid startling them by verbally notifying them of the impending noise so that they can momentarily "brace themselves in expectation", plus it gives them a chance to either cover their ears or move further away if they wish.
Tire-shop employee, preparing to re-seat a tire-bead onto the rim: Okay, everybody --- noise-alert! (Tire pops deafeningly but nobody jumps, then they all placidly resume their light conversations while waiting for the wheel to finish being prepared.)
by QuacksO October 13, 2018

by Lolqueenbee May 28, 2015

by Bert alert October 28, 2020

An acknowledgment of a spoiler very much like a spoiler alert except that it's provided after rather than before the spoiler in question. See, for example, the Dinosaur Comics strip for April 15, 2011.
By extension, any would-be warning preceded by the thing it's supposed to warn against.
By extension, any would-be warning preceded by the thing it's supposed to warn against.
"So then Snape kills Dumbledore. That's a particularly infamous spoiler." "Nice postfix spoiler alert, you numskull." / A week after the drop deadline, the registrar told me I was taking the wrong classes and wouldn't be able to graduate till next semester. Talk about a postfix spoiler alert! Does he think I'm Merlin or something?
by Subsequence May 5, 2011

A phrase that bullies say when confronting a loser.
The phrase is said by an NPC named "Katie" in the In the original su tart sad story Roblox game. However, the game is currently shut down as of November 2020.
The phrase is said by an NPC named "Katie" in the In the original su tart sad story Roblox game. However, the game is currently shut down as of November 2020.
by im short November 9, 2020

Senior citizen, that can’t read, listen, falls, and leaves hair in random places. Can be saved by life alert. Be careful though, he loves bean dip and scoops…..
by Pinche Bruja August 8, 2025

A brief yet unintentional change in the octave of a persons voice. Particularly, a young male going through puberty.
Damn Bro, those girls are laughing at you over that Pube Alert you just had during the the final scene of the play.
by XxThracianxX January 17, 2017
