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doom-surfing

doom-surfing is the alternative form of doomsurfing.

Meaning of doomsurfing

Noun

doomsurfing (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster.
    • 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.2020 March 20, Kevin Roose, “The Week in Tech: How to Stop Coronavirus ‘Doomsurfing’”, in The New York Times, page B4
    Synonyms:
    doomscrolling

Questions about doom-surfing

What is doom-surfing the alternative form of?
Doom-surfing is the alternative form of doomsurfing.

Words near doom-surfing in the dictionary

  1. doom-and-gloomers
  2. doom-monger
  3. doom-mongering
  4. doom-mongers
  5. doom-scrolling
  6. doom-surfing
  7. doom/death
  8. doomage
  9. doomages
  10. doomba
  11. doombas

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