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doomscroller

doomscroller noun: a person who engages in doomscrolling.

Noun

doomscroller (plural doomscrollers)

  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.2020, Robert West, chapter 1, in Stop Doomscrolling: How to Break the Cycle to Relieve Stress, Decrease Anxiety, and Regain Your Life, Annus Mirabilis Publishing

Forms of doomscroller

pluraldoomscrollers

Origin of doomscroller

From doom + scroller.

Questions about doomscroller

What does doomscroller mean?
Doomscroller means a person who engages in doomscrolling.
What part of speech is doomscroller?
Doomscroller is a noun.
What is the plural of doomscroller?
The plural of doomscroller is doomscrollers.

Words near doomscroller in the dictionary

  1. doomsaying
  2. doomsayings
  3. doomsays
  4. doomscroll
  5. doomscrolled
  6. doomscroller
  7. doomscrollers
  8. doomscrolling
  9. doomscrolls
  10. doomsdate
  11. doomsdates

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