normie
/ˈnɔɹ.mi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A normal person; one with commonly held, normative beliefs, neurology, tastes or interests.
Derogatory; Slang
noun
A person who is not a member of an ingroup, such as a fandom or other (online) community; an outsider.
Derogatory
name
A diminutive of the male given name Norman.
Example Sentences
- "But if you're not a socie, chances are you're a normie and you feel left out."
- "This place is a sure cure for a gimp's feeling out of place and a sure cure for a normie feeling awkward around a wheelchair."
- "You'll start eating like a normie. In fact, a small amount of food will one day look like a lot."
- "The triumph of the Trumpians was also a win in the war against this mainstream media, which is now held in contempt by many average voters and the weird irony-laden Internet subcultures from right and left, who equally set themselves apart from this hated mainstream. It is a career disaster now to signal your left-behind cluelessness as a basic bitch, normie or a member of the corrupt media mainstream in any way."
- "For an article that focused on white nationalists’ desire to appear normal to “normies,” [Richard] Fausset, inexplicably, did not delve into what it means to perform normality. Was it just by chance that Hovater revealed to a Times reporter that he is “a big Seinfeld fan”? Or that he let him into his home in the first place in order to show that he was not all that different from us “normies”?"
- "[…] to build a new, good internet that is both enshittification-resistant and accessible to the normies we love […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɔɹ.mi/
- British English: /ˈnɔː.mi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
normies (plural)
more normie (comparative)
normier (comparative)
most normie (superlative)
normiest (superlative)