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prophet of doom

noun as in Cassandra

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noun as in killjoy

noun as in naysayer

noun as in pessimist

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Cormac McCarthy as the prophet of doom.

From Salon

But Giles spoke in January like a prophet of doom, warning of a letdown if the Huskies didn’t start playing with more intensity.

“This nation was born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof, and it’s going to die a violent death,” James said in a video where he refers to himself as the moniker “Prophet of Doom,” according to local affiliate WNBC.

Frank James, who had posted online that he was the “Prophet of Doom,” was to appear in Brooklyn federal court to admit pulling the trigger on the Manhattan-bound train as it moved between stations on April 12.

Before the shooting, James, who is Black, posted dozens of videos online in which he ranted about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness, sometimes adopting the moniker “Prophet of Doom.”

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