doomsurfing means the continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Etymology
From doom + surfing (“the activity of browsing the Internet”).
noun
- The continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster.“I’ve been doing a lot of this kind of doomsurfing recently — falling into deep, morbid rabbit holes filled with coronavirus content, agitating myself to the point of physical discomfort, erasing any hope of a good night’s sleep. Maybe you have, too.”