Why is ‘doomspending’ on the rise? | Sean Monahan
If everyone is spending like there won’t be a tomorrow, there probably won’t be a tomorrow Doom is the prefix du jour. Doomscrolling, doomposting, doomsplaining, doomspreading. Doom joins other recent suffixes -maxxing, -pilled, and -slop – giving discussions about contemporary life an overtly negative cast. Doomspending, in particular, is a new term for spending frivolously with no concern for future financial consequences. It has become synonymous with the declining fortunes of young westerne…
