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doomscroll
keep scrolling through upsetting news
To doomscroll is to keep reading upsetting news or posts online for longer than you want to.
Hear it in real life
Why are you still awake?
I started doomscrolling and lost track of time.
I doomscrolled for an hour after the election results came in.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was doom-reading through my phone.
Say: I was doomscrolling on my phone.
Use the single verb "doomscroll" for repeatedly scrolling through alarming online content.
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How it fits in a sentence.
doomscroll; doomscrolled; doomscrolling
Your turn: say it out loud
I doomscrolled for an hour after the election results came in.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
doomscroll
keep scrolling through upsetting news
“I doomscrolled for an hour after the election results came in.”
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