doomsurfing
doomsurfing noun: the continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster.
Noun
doomsurfing (uncountable)
- 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
- One obvious answer is stress. From Covid-induced nightmares to “doomsurfing” to “coronaphobia,” it’s no secret that pandemic-related anxiety is affecting our collective mental health.2020 September 15, Tammy Chen, “A Dentist Sees More Cracked Teeth. What's Going On?”, in The New York Times, page D6
- Synonyms:
- doomscrolling
Examples of doomsurfing in a sentence
- I continuously engaged in what has been referred to as “doomscrolling” (or, in an extension of that same modern parlance, “doomsurfing”).2021 April 13, Sierra Élise Hansen, “Post-pandemic, we must value libraries more”, in The Michigan Daily:
- Maybe it's just time to quit your doomsurfing.2021 June 5, Jason Cipriani, “Delete your Facebook account for good? Here's everything you need to know”, in CNet:
Synonyms of doomsurfing
Forms of doomsurfing
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Origin of doomsurfing
From doom + surfing (“the activity of browsing the Internet”).
Questions about doomsurfing
- What does doomsurfing mean?
- Doomsurfing means the continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster.
- How do you use doomsurfing in a sentence?
- I continuously engaged in what has been referred to as “doomscrolling” (or, in an extension of that same modern parlance, “doomsurfing”).
- What part of speech is doomsurfing?
- Doomsurfing is a noun.
Words near doomsurfing in the dictionary
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