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Chain Scrolling

Chain Scrolling (Verb)

1. Utilizing your smart phone for shopping/'Google' researching/Being naughty on 'Tumblr' purposes etc.; with the action of thumbing upward on your screen.
Abby - "I was edging on tumblr all day yesterday..."

Jessica - " Chain Scrolling on fleek "

'Laughter'
by JLHWHLSF July 31, 2017
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Rabbit Scroll

When you open up a TikTok and then find yourself still scrolling many minutes later, like falling down an internet rabbit hole.
Friend 1: Hey man, did you see that TikTok I sent you last night?
Friend 2: Yeah it sent me down a rabbit scroll for like an hour and I missed the deadline for my paper on ADHD.
by FetaWhopper June 22, 2022
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Fritter Scrolling

Wasting time, energy or money, scrolling aimlessly through frivolous content on social media, websites or video sharing sites. Could also be loosely be referred to as Idle Scrolling, which is spending time doing nothing, albeit one is scrolling, they are scrolling without purpose, aim or goal.

The concept is also applied to wasting time through other means, see Fritter Lifing.
I was fritter scrolling and didn't realise how much time had past.
by Milky786 May 21, 2023
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Scroll fugue

When you scroll through social media for an extended period and lose your perception of time.
I went on Twitter for like 15 min and got sucked into a scroll fugue. Before I knew it, four hours had passed!
by Namlem June 29, 2022
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scroll patch

The part of your phone's touch screen (iPhone, Droid) where your finger oils form a patch from frequent scrolling.
Dude I have a nasty scroll patch on my iphone.

At least my Blackberry doesn't have a scroll patch like your Droid.
by Nick Muggets April 8, 2010
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shed scrolling

scrolling through shedtwt (self harm + eating disorder twitter)
I’ve been shed scrolling to distract myself”
by asterr_0 March 2, 2024
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Scroll monkey

A scroll monkey is a person who spends a bulk of their awake-life scrolling through the feed in their social media accounts, such as Facebook or Instagram.
Person A: What an amazing class/movie/show that was!

Person B: I had no idea. I was on my phone, being a scroll monkey.
by LordRam May 20, 2016
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