consoomerism

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noun

The state of being a consoomer (someone who displays extreme consumerism, especially slavish consumption of pop culture).

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounconsoomerism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being a consoomer (someone who displays extreme consumerism, especially slavish consumption of pop culture).

    What stage of consoomerism is it to have a big Nike logo on your wall

    2026 July 19, @josemougabe, X (post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026
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    G*mers when theyre told consoomerism and rich people are bad (they legitimately believe there is nothing wrong with either of these things)

    2023 March 22, WritingRites, “G*mers will have to boycott Arkane now”, in r/Gamingcirclejerk (Reddit post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026

    if women could just stop consooming for a bit good god, yes i consider putting make up and plastic surgery on yourself another kind of consoomerism... isn't being solely responsible for fast fashion SHEIN filling the Atacama desert with trash enough???? btw look at how fast the discourse against fast fashion disappeared from the zeitgeist once people started to notice it was because of women

    2024 January 14, HorseSuspicious5448, “The way feminists rush to defend makeup when it's a major source of insecurity for many women is weird”, in r/redscarepod (Reddit post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026

    One of the most ironic things about 50s ad illustration posting is that its promoters hate "consoomerism" but midcentury America was far more uncritically pro-consumerist than today.

    2025 November 26, @avrilbradley23, X (post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  7. Proto-Italic*supo
  8. Latinsub
  9. Latinsub-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  12. Proto-Italic*emō
  13. Latinemō
  14. Latinsūmō
  15. Latincōnsūmō
  16. Old Frenchconsumer
  17. Middle Englishconsumen
  18. Englishconsume
  19. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
  21. Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
  22. Proto-West Germanic*kweman
  23. Old Englishcuman
  24. Middle Englishcomen
  25. Englishcome
  26. Englishcum
  27. Englishcoom
  28. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  29. Proto-Germanic*bō-redup.
  30. Proto-Germanic*babô
  31. Proto-West Germanic*babō
  32. Old English*baba
  33. Middle Englishbabe
  34. Middle Englishbaby
  35. Englishbaby
  36. Englishboom
  37. Englishboomer
  38. Englishbaby
  39. Englishboom
  40. Englishbaby boom
  41. Englishbaby boomerellip.
  42. Englishboomerbf.
  43. Englishcoomer
  44. Englishconsume
  45. Englishconsoomer
  46. Englishconsoomerism

From consoomer + -ism.

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Cite this entry
APA

consoomerism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consoomerism

MLA

“consoomerism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consoomerism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consoomerism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consoomerism.

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