normie

[nawr-mee]

noun

1. Usually Disparaging.,  a person with mainstream tastes, interests, opinions, etc., as distinguished from people who are unconventional or part of a cultural subgroup.

   In the show's title sequence, he emerges from the subway like a regular guy, eats a slice of pizza like a normie, and goes to his job.

2. a person who does not have a physical or mental disability or a chronic disorder or illness, as distinguished from people who do.

   I’m in a wheelchair and was wondering about possibly dating normies.

adjective

1. Usually Disparaging.,  relating to or being a normie.

   The game franchise attracts a normie audience outside of core gamers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of normie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; norm(al) ( def. ) + -ie ( def. )

Example Sentences

“This is a moment where you can communicate to your kind of normie evangelical friends that the left actually is an evil presence and that through the force of law and through the Constitution, these things can be suppressed,” he said.

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I want men and normie women to see the special — that’s why Netflix is important.

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But onstage, her love of all things spastically weird and macabre makes her humor a fun and frightening project to unpack for fans and unsuspecting “normie” audiences alike.

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It’s already been well established that the Addams family doesn’t bend to “normie culture,” and that Wednesday’s writing is as important to her as solving mysteries or breaking in her arsenal of weapons in the process — or on her brother.

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“Whoever it is — male, female, gay, straight, Black, white, Asian — the candidate’s got to have a critique of this moment, and it can’t be a normie Dem.”

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