doomer
- noun
- /ˈduːmər/
- Slang
- First of all, I do tire of this doomer apocalypse fantasy stuff.
- gloom-and-doomer
Some people have called me a doomer, others call me a pessimist.
- Some people have called me a doomer, others call me a pessimist.
- And The funny thing is, I think in each case the gloom and doomers were right.
- Ban it now, then writing doomers come in akin to the AI doomers.
- I believe a lot of people start following what I call doomers and crash Bros and negative people.
- I think if I was going to like put for the best possible case against myself right to steal man that the anti AI doomers.
Examples
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If I'm a doomer, it's because I've been to hell.
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To read some doomers, you'd think the industry would just completely keel over for no reason whatsoever.
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Some people have called me a doomer, Others call me a pessimist.
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Some people have called me a doomer, others call me a pessimist.
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Call me a doomer or call me a realist.
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Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't be a doomer; give us solutions.'
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As much of a doomer as I am, I will still root for my children's future.
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I know we will do nothing about any of the problems until the consequences prove the doomers were all correct.
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I think the Oil Drum editors are a bit agnostic but do not want to scare off their big doomer/environmentalist audience.
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My friend is such a doomer that he believes society is on the verge of collapse.
Synonyms
A person who often says that plans or ideas will not work
A person who expects bad things to happen
A person who expects failure and gives up instead of trying to solve problems
A person who believes that sudden major disasters shape history or the earth
A person who always says bad things will happen
A person who always expects bad things to happen
A person who always expects the worst and often complains
A person who always expects things to go wrong
A person who always sees the bad side of things
Antonyms
How Pessimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word doomer comes from doom ('fate' or 'disaster') plus the ending -er ('one who'). So a doomer is literally 'one who expects doom', which is why it describes someone who is deeply pessimistic about the future.