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.
When you’re so sucked into meaningless scrolling on your phone that you can’t hear and don’t notice anything going on around you.
“What do you want for dinner? … Oi.. Oi Bro! Hellooooo? Damn she in a scroll hole.”
(Verb) The action of getting stuck scrolling social media for hours on end, sometimes becoming impossible to stop. The victim often loses track of time, forgets tasks, and eventually numbs their brain into a deep fog. Often times the content is considered “Brain Rot” and the user’s vision can even become impaired, feeling as though they are several feet from the screen. Can be a common side effect of ADD/ADHD.
I was supposed to get all my laundry done today but I was caught in a Death Scroll on TikTok so I guess i’ll have to do it tomorrow.
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.
I’d rather watch a chimpanzee scroll through Instagram than go to your neighbors house to watch game of thrones Jerry.
The toe tingle felt after an excessive amount of bowl scrolling.
I could barely stand to wipe once the Bowl Scroll Leg kicked in.