Usually means: Surprise used to provoke reaction.
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  1. shock value: Merriam-Webster
  2. shock-value: Wordnik
  3. Shock Value (Timbaland album), Shock Value (book), Shock Value, Shock value (disambiguation), Shock value: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. shock value: Wiktionary

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  1. shock value: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (shock value)

noun:  The potential of an image, action, etc. to provoke a sharp reaction, typically of a negative emotion.

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