Doomscroll

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in the act of doomscrolling. intransitive, neologism, transitive

    "You doomscroll about all kinds of things including pandemics, racial injustice, natural disasters, wars, and political unrest."

Example

More examples

"You doomscroll about all kinds of things including pandemics, racial injustice, natural disasters, wars, and political unrest."

Etymology

From doom + scroll, probably a back-formation from doomscrolling.

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