Doomer
Originally a 4chan 'Wojak' character archetype — a black-hoodied, beanie-wearing depressed young man — now used to label anyone with a relentlessly pessimistic outlook.
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Originally a 4chan 'Wojak' character archetype — a black-hoodied, beanie-wearing depressed young man — now used to label anyone with a relentlessly pessimistic outlook. On Twitch and Discord, 'doomer chat' refers to chatters who insist the streamer will fail, the team will throw, the patch will ruin the game. Adjective form: 'doom-pilled'. Often paired with 'doomer take'.
chat going full doomer about the patch notes
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- Doom Andy70%
A pejorative for a chatter who relentlessly posts negative predictions in chat — 'we're going to lose', 'this patch will kill the game', 'you'll never win this'. The '-andy' suffix (any name + -andy) labels someone as a stereotype of that behaviour. Coined on Twitch and forsen-adjacent communities; pairs naturally with 'hype andy' (the opposite stereotype).
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(slang, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A proponent of alarmist or eschatological ideas.
- Wojak62%
(Internet slang) A melancholic character representing the powerless everyday man; or, any derived art or character in the crude line-art Wojak style.