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boomscrolling 

Doomscrolling for Boomers: Instead of scrolling their cell phones being overwhelmed by the global news, the Boomer flips through all the local evening news channels every night to learn about the ridiculous Florida Man antics of people in their area.
Dad's been Boomscrolling too much recently, and is convinced everyone in his tiny town is going to be carjacked by people in clown suits within the week.

Boonscrolling 

The opposite of doomscrolling, where one refreshes or advances through social media feeds looking for relatable, positive, and uplifting content, often with the effect of forging connections where they didn't previously exist.
User1: "I was doomscrolling Facebook last night and founds someone else who genuinely loves 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'. We ended up going back and forth about it for an hour."
User2: "Sounds like you were boonscrolling."
Boonscrolling by Bryianzum October 21, 2023
Word of the Day on April 19, 2024

Boomscrolling 

Democrats scrolling on Twitter the day Joe Biden was declared President Elect of The United States.
Today I'm not Doomscrolling, I'm Boomscrolling.
Boomscrolling by RealmsRider November 6, 2020

Bloomscrolling 

Scrolling through social media for good news where the more you look through it the more faith you have in humanity.
I don't doomscroll for hours, instead I go bloomscrolling so that I feel better about the world
Bloomscrolling by Shadow_Marionette September 12, 2025

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026