content warning

[kon-tent wawr-ning]

noun

1. a stated warning that the content of the immediately following text, video, etc., may upset or offend some people: CW

   Gee, thanks for the content warning for snakes, but it didn’t stop me from seeing those pictures on my Instagram timeline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of content warning¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Content warning: Video contains discussion of suicide.

From BBC

Content warning: This article contains discussion around suicide and mental health.

From BBC

X is asking users who regularly post adult content to adjust their media settings to place all their images and videos behind a content warning.

From Seattle Times

The new video game Content Warning pushes that do-anything-for-fame premise to a madly meta extreme.

From New York Times

Content Warning has quickly become one of the year’s biggest horror games, a surprise hit from the Swedish studio Landfall, which is known for other silly, ragdoll-physics-based titles like Totally Accurate Battle Simulator.

From New York Times