Doomer vs. Chad — What's the Difference?

"Doomer" and "doomerism" are 21st century versions of Malthusianism, an economic philosophy holding that human resource use will eventually exceed resource availability, leading to societal collapse. The terms arose primarily on the internet.

Chad ( (listen); Arabic: تشاد‎ Tšād, Arabic pronunciation: [tʃaːd]; French: Tchad, pronounced [tʃa(d)]), officially known as the Republic of Chad (Arabic: جمهورية تْشَاد‎ Jumhūriyyat Tšād; French: République du Tchad), is a landlocked country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west.

One who believes that petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severe recession or depression, followed by a Malthusian catastrophe.

A landlocked country in northern central Africa; population 14,000,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, French and Arabic; capital, N'Djamena.

Someone who is apathetic or has a negative prospect towards the world, especially in relation to climate change.

Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.

(rare) One who, or that which, dooms.

One of these scraps or bits of paper.

(uncountable) Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.

(countable) One of these pieces of paper.

Alternative spelling of Chad

See Shad.

A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

A lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa