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/Sounds like the English word "doomscroll" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To spend hours scrolling through negative or distressing content and not being able to stop, trapped in a loop of bad news. The Hispanicized version of doomscrolling. Used across Spanish-speaking internet communities.

Examples

I was doomscrolling until 4 a.m.

Stop doomscrolling, it's going to give you anxiety.

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Regional synonyms

The color brown in Argentina, Spain, and Chile. It's the neutral, standard term for brown that the rest of the Spanish-speaking world uses while Mexico says 'café.'