health warning
(UK) An official edict that a particular substance or activity is dangerous, or an expression of such an edict.
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(UK) An official edict that a particular substance or activity is dangerous, or an expression of such an edict.
The law requires a health warning on packets of cigarettes.
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(UK, colloquial) An indication or admission that an opinion, statistic, etc. is to be treated with doubt or scepticism.
As I am a member of that political party, my views must come with a health warning.
“Yeah! Dad comes with a health warning… I have more Broke a glass lamp with a ricochet air gun pellet shooting out of a window with a metal bar across it. Hit bar and ping ping ping. Chainsawed through his laces ( now banned from chainsawing).”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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