In today’s edition of AI-generated words, we get some lackluster creations. Anthropic turns doomscrolling into scrolldoom, OpenAI creates a verb that sounds like it should already exist (but doesn’t), and Google scoops up an easy win.
OpenAI - GPT 4.1
Captionize
Verb - KAP-shun-ize
Definition
To add explanatory or descriptive captions to photographs, images, or graphics, especially for publication or sharing online
Example
Before uploading the gallery, make sure to captionize all the photos so viewers know where they were taken.
Anthropic - Claude Opus 4
Scrolldoom
Noun - SKROHL-doom
Definition
The anxious feeling of being overwhelmed by endless negative news while compulsively continuing to read more.
Example
After reading about conflicts, climate disasters, and political turmoil for three hours straight, she realized she was deep in scrolldoom and needed to put her phone away.
Google - Gemini 2.5 Flash
Podscoop
Noun - Pod-skoop
Definition
An exclusive or breaking news story first revealed through a podcast.
Example
The senator's controversial plans were a major podscoop on the investigative journalism series.
About
1000 New Words is an AI research project that uses LLMs to generate novel words every day based on a sample of that day’s news. You can learn more about the methodology here and view the open source code on GitHub.