doomer
/ˈduːmə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
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Meaning
noun
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
noun
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
noun
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
noun
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of doomer.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Doomer (“player of DOOM”).
Example Sentences
- "I am not normally a pessimist, not by nature one of the doomers of this world whereas Cashem seems to be getting worse and worse. What did he mean by ‘attempt’?"
- "I soon found out it was a common belief among doomers, or people who believe a global catastrophe will happen within the next few years."
- "Those who suggest the likely return of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (famine, pestilence, war, and death) are more vocal than ever before despite being labeled Malthusian or just "doomer.""
- "There is an ever louder babble of apocalypse-predicting subcultures, amplified and partly sustained by the internet: peak-oil doomers, who believe the world's energy supplies will collapse and mass famine will follow; […]."
- "[…] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […]"
- "Doomers, meanwhile, are the nihilistic cousins of "Bloomers" and "Gloomers," all three gradients of the same 20-something. Whereas Bloomers are well adjusted and Gloomers are depressed because they are not, Doomers have simply stopped trying. They are no longer pursuing friendships or relationships, and get no joy from anything because they know that the world is coming to an end."
Etymology
From Middle English domere, from Old English dōmere (“judge”), equivalent to doom + -er. The more recent sense was popularized via a meme, “30 Year-Old Boomer” (first posted in April 2018), the derivations of which are other words that end in -oomer, describing various personality types.
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(non-rhotic only) duma