This word became popular in 2020 but it is not yet in some dictionaries.

Doom scrolling Mental health experts say doom scrolling became a practice for some people during the co vid 19 pandemic that could have a bad effect on mental health.

Doom Scrolling is a compound word doom plus scrolling.

If something is doomed, it will have a bad ending.

Scrolling is moving words or pictures across a screen.

Doom scrolling means to repeatedly check the Internet for bad news.