doomer.
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
Meaning & usage
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist. One who believes that petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severe recession or depression, followed by a Malthusian catastrophe.
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist. Someone who is apathetic or has a negative prospect towards the world.
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist. A techno-pessimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
One who, or that which, dooms, or pronounces a sentence; a judge.
Where this word comes from
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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