norman bates
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A male serial killer or villain, especially one with a problematic relationship with his mother and who seems superficially calm, pleasant or shy.
Example Sentences
- "I don’t know why but Mr Martin Harris gives me Norman Bates vibe."
- "I, of course, felt like I was the Norman Bates of talk show hosts, throwing my mother under the show biz bus and never looking back. But my guests snapped me back into why we were here."
- "Munis are the Norman Bates of Wall Street: They seem mild-mannered on the surface, but when you get to know them—-well, they can sure be surprising! Munis lack the glamour of hedge funds, but they bring out the mischievous streak in even the most staid Wall Street firms-and Bear is anything but staid."
- "Less prevalent, thankfully, was a category of guys who didn't so much turn me off as just give me the creeps-the Norman Bates of match.com. Exhibit No. 1 was Jim555: "You sound like my dream girl. I'm 57, 5'5", ex-Air Force. I am living in Fallon, Nevada, with my mother of seventy-four on what used to be a farm.""
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Norman Bateses (plural)