What exactly is it?It’s a term (a verb) that has been resuscitated by the covid-19 pandemic. If you find yourself aimlessly scrolling from one bit of bad news to another, be it on a website or social media networks, you are essentially “doomscrolling" or “doomsurfing".
The pandemic has everyone hooked on to news and, let’s admit it, not a lot of it is positive.Why is it trending right now?The Merriam Webster website recently listed “doomscrolling" and “doomsurfing" as words that are increasingly being seen in use but are “yet to meet the criteria for entry" into the dictionary.