trigger warning
[ trig-er wawr-ning ]
/ ˈtrɪg ər ˌwɔr nɪŋ /
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noun
a stated warning that the content of the immediately following text, video, etc., may cause distressing psychological or physiological reactions, especially in people who have previously experienced a related trauma: The header line of the blog post contains a trigger warning for rape.Abbreviation: TW
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Origin of trigger warning
First recorded in 1990–95; trigger (in the sense “something that stimulates or initiates”)
Words nearby trigger warning
trigger-happy, triggerman, trigger mechanism, trigger plant, trigger point, trigger warning, trigger word, trigger zone, triglyceride, triglyph, trigo
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