doomscrolling
- 1The habit of reading bad news online again and again, even when it makes you feel worse.
Like staring at a car crash you can't look away from.
Her doomscrolling kept her awake long after she meant to sleep.
After the election, doomscrolling became his every morning routine.
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- 2Scrolling through social media for a long time without any real reason or goal.
Like flipping TV channels for hours without ever watching a show.
His doomscrolling on the app ate up the entire evening.
Hours of doomscrolling left her with nothing to show for the day.
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- 3Present participle of doomscroll. Use this form when the scrolling is happening right now.
She is doomscrolling again instead of getting ready for work.
Stop doomscrolling and go to bed.
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doomscrolling is a form of doomscroll
doomscroll, verb: To keep reading bad or upsetting news on a phone or screen, even though it makes you feel worse. Full entry
- Forms
- doomscrolldoomscrolls he/she/itdoomscrolling -ing formdoomscrolled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- doomscroll → doomscrolling: add -ing
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Origin
From doom plus scrolling. It means scrolling through bad news on a phone or computer. It became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic.