doomer

Meanings

1. One who believes that petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severe recession or depression, followed by a Malthusian catastrophe.
2. Someone who is apathetic or has a negative prospect towards the world.
3. A techno-pessimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
4. One who, or that which, dooms or pronounces sentence; judge.

1. A player of the video game Doom.
2. Alternative letter-case form of doomer.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Doomer (“player of DOOM”).

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”. The derivations of which are other words that end in -oomer, describing various personality types.