noun
Meaning 1
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
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doomer
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/ˈduːmə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)
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homophone: duma
noun
Meaning 2
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.
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Broader terms: peaknik, peakist
noun
Meaning 3
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
Someone who is apathetic or has a negative prospect towards the world.
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Usage: capitalized, neologism, sometimes
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noun
Meaning 4
A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist.
A techno-pessimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
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Antonyms: boomer
noun
Meaning 5
One who, or that which, dooms, or pronounces a sentence; a judge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, rare
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noun
Meaning 6
A player of the video game Doom.
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Usage: informal
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of doomer.
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative letter-case form of Doomer (“player of DOOM”).
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Usage: alt-of
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History
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.
From Doom + -er.