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doomscrolling
scrolling through upsetting news for too long
Doomscrolling is the habit of spending too long reading upsetting news or posts online.
Hear it in real life
Why are you still on your phone?
I got caught doomscrolling after dinner.
Doomscrolling before sleep usually leaves me tense the next morning.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I did some doomscrolling news before bed.
Say: I did some doomscrolling before bed.
“Doomscrolling” names the activity and does not take “news” as a direct object in this use.
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How it fits in a sentence.
doomscrolling; do some doomscrolling
Your turn: say it out loud
Doomscrolling before sleep usually leaves me tense the next morning.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
doomscrolling
scrolling through upsetting news for too long
“Doomscrolling before sleep usually leaves me tense the next morning.”
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