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doomer¹

  • /ˈduːmə(ɹ)/

Sounds like (non-rhotic only) duma · Rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)

Where it 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.

noun doomers

  1. A doom-and-gloomer; a pessimist. I am not normally a pessimist, not by nature one of the doomers of this world whereas Cashem seems to be getting worse and worse. What did he mean by ‘attempt’?
  2. One who believes that petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severe recession or depression, followed by a Malthusian catastrophe. Those who suggest the likely return of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (famine, pestilence, war, and death) are more vocal than ever before despite being labeled Malthusian or just "doomer."
  3. capitalized, neologism, sometimes Someone who is apathetic or has a negative prospect towards the world. Doomers, meanwhile, are the nihilistic cousins of "Bloomers" and "Gloomers," all three gradients of the same 20-something. Whereas Bloomers are well adjusted and Gloomers are depressed because they are not, Doomers have simply stopped trying. They are no longer pursuing friendships or relationships,
  4. A techno-pessimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence. To this day, some doomers work on the inside, nudging the big A.I. labs toward caution, and some work on the outside, arguing that the big A.I. labs should not exist.

    Opposite: boomer

  5. archaic, rare One who, or that which, dooms, or pronounces a sentence; a judge. Are not the heauens doomers of mens deedes?

Doomer²

Where it comes from

From Doom + -er.

noun Doomers

  1. informal A player of the video game Doom. Doomers, ranging from children to senior citizens, are up all night hunting specters, imps, and other hellspawn, battling each other in so-called Deathmatch tournaments, and checking out the latest Doom lore by conversing with the game’s developers over computer chat lines. […] What’s ahead for Doom
  2. Alternative letter-case form of doomer

DOOMer³

Where it comes from

From DOOM + -er.

noun DOOMers

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Doomer (“player of DOOM”). Along with many, many other places where DOOMers frequent. […] NOTE DMCL Distribution Please feel free to distribute the list to anywhere the DOOMers may be.

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@misc{doomer_2026,
  title = {doomer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doomer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}