doomers

Noun

doomer (plural doomers)

1. A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
   • I am not normally a pessimist, not by nature one of the doomers of this world whereas Cashem seems to be getting worse and worse. What did he mean by ‘attempt’?2004, Barbara Anderson, Change of Heart, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 132
   1. One who believes that petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severe recession or depression, followed by a Malthusian catastrophe.
      • Those who suggest the likely return of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (famine, pestilence, war, and death) are more vocal than ever before despite being labeled Malthusian or just "doomer."2009, David Holmgren, Future Scenarios, Chelsea Green
   2. (capitalized, neologism, sometimes) Someone who is apathetic or has a negative prospect towards the world.
      • Doomers, meanwhile, are the nihilistic cousins of "Bloomers" and "Gloomers," all three gradients of the same 20-something. Whereas Bloomers are well adjusted and Gloomers are depressed because they are not, Doomers have simply stopped trying. They are no longer pursuing friendships or...2020 February 3, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Misogynistic Joke that Became a Goth-meme Fairy Tale”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC
   3. A techno-pessimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
      • To this day, some doomers work on the inside, nudging the big A.I. labs toward caution, and some work on the outside, arguing that the big A.I. labs should not exist.2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47
2. (archaic, rare) One who, or that which, dooms, or pronounces a sentence; a judge.
   • Are not the heauens doomers of mens deedes?1590, T[homas] L[odge], “Saladyne”, in Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie: […], London: […] Thomas Orwin for T. G[ubbin] and John Busbie, →OCLC, folio 26, recto

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