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Merriam-Webster / Oxford Word Pick2026/05/18 00:34:10

Doomscrolling is now official English

The OED's March 2026 update formally added *doomscrolling*, *doomscroll*, and *doomscroller* — no longer slang. Trace the word's 1,400-year etymology, its murky 2018 Twitter birth, its COVID explosion into mainstream English, and how to use all three forms correctly.

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