Doomscroller

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who engages in doomscrolling.

    "One doomscroller notes he wakes each day hopeful for what is to come, but the first thing he does is reach for his telephone so he can throw himself into the abyss of negative news."

Example

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"One doomscroller notes he wakes each day hopeful for what is to come, but the first thing he does is reach for his telephone so he can throw himself into the abyss of negative news."

Etymology

From doom + scroller.

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