Doomsurfing

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster. informal, uncountable

    "I’ve been doing a lot of this kind of doomsurfing recently — falling into deep, morbid rabbit holes filled with coronavirus content, agitating myself to the point of physical discomfort, erasing any hope of a good night’s sleep. Maybe you have, too."

Synonyms

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doomscrolling

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"I’ve been doing a lot of this kind of doomsurfing recently — falling into deep, morbid rabbit holes filled with coronavirus content, agitating myself to the point of physical discomfort, erasing any hope of a good night’s sleep. Maybe you have, too."

Etymology

From doom + surfing (“the activity of browsing the Internet”).

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