"doomscrolling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: doom + scrolling, from the practice of scrolling through timelines and news feeds on a computer or mobile device. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|doom|scrolling}} doom + scrolling Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} doomscrolling (uncountable)
  1. (informal, neologism) The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events. Tags: informal, neologism, uncountable Synonyms: doomsurfing Derived forms: doomscroll, doomscroller Translations (Translations): doomscrollaus (Finnish), tuomiopäivän surffaus (Finnish), tuomioselailu (Finnish), думскроллинг (dumskrólling) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-doomscrolling-en-noun-PIRp2HqV Categories (other): English neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doom-scrolling, doom scrolling

Verb [English]

Etymology: doom + scrolling, from the practice of scrolling through timelines and news feeds on a computer or mobile device. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|doom|scrolling}} doom + scrolling Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} doomscrolling
  1. present participle and gerund of doomscroll Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: doomscroll Categories (topical): Coronavirus
    Sense id: en-doomscrolling-en-verb-D4ai1GQg Disambiguation of Coronavirus: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doom-scrolling, doom scrolling

Alternative forms

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