Tropers are especially susceptible to this.
Doom can also be considered an Inherently Funny Word, and as such has a tendency to appear most often in Laughably Evil characters. This trope is parodied so easily and so often it has become an Undead Horse Trope. If you want Nightmare Retardant, then bear in mind that it is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *d hoh 1mos, meaning "thing that is put", and "doom" is the exact same word as the Ancient Greek "θωμός" * (pronounced "t haaww-MAWCE" with a puff of air accompanying the T) meaning "heap". Hence that wonderful word "doomsday," meaning "day of judgment." Feeling comforted yet?
File that one away, fact fans! Another possible re-translation would be "He met his (ultimate) judgment", as the Modern English word "doom" is derived from the Old English word "dōm" (pronounced like "dome"), meaning "judgment" or "law". People also often forget that "doom" (related to "deem," i.e., "judge" or "estimate") comes from the idea in Old English and Norse mythology of an ultimate destiny, which need not necessarily be a bad one - you could re-translate the phrase "He met his doom" as "He met his fate".
"Of Doom" can be added to any noun you wish to turn it into something terrifying if you want to add some Gaelic whimsy or simulate an accent, "o'Doom" can be used instead. The deeper, the more echoey, the more stretched-out, the better. There's something primal about saying "Doom".
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