Meanings
noundoomscroller (plural doomscrollers)
plural doomscrollers
- 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
Origin
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doomscroller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomscroller
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“doomscroller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomscroller. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doomscroller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomscroller.
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