normie

See also: Normie

English

Etymology

From normal +‎ -ie

Modern popularity seems to be partly reinforced by euphemism of original 4chan slang normalfag, with the new suffix replacing -fag (“type of person”), the latter being stigmatized on popular social media as promoting bigotry.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.mi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.mi/

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Noun

normie (plural normies)

1. (slang, usually derogatory, sometimes Internet) A normal person; one with commonly held, normative beliefs, neurology, tastes or interests.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mainstreamer

   • 1980, Barry Corbet, Options: spinal cord injury and the future:

     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.

   • 2006, Anne Katherine, How to make almost any diet work, page 200:

     You'll start eating like a normie. In fact, a small amount of food will one day look like a lot.

   • 2011, Bucky Sinister, Still Standing: Addicts Talk About Living Sober, page 97:

     Be jovial but not a comedian. We have a sense of humor that the normies don't have.

   • 2017, Angela Nagle, Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN, Introduction:

     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.

Adjective

normie (comparative more normie, superlative most normie)

1. (slang, usually derogatory) Like a normal person.
   • 2017, "The Grandfather Of Alt-Science" by Daniel Engber, fivethirtyeight.com

     The split from Pauling, and the death of Laurelee, sent Robinson hurtling further out into the fringe, where he found a small but ardent caucus of contrarians: scientists, like him, who had abandoned — or been ejected from — the normie, left-leaning research community and who made common cause in puncturing prevailing views on smoking, DDT, radiation, depletion of the ozone hole and changes to the climate.

Anagrams

• E minor, Merino, Minero, Monier, Romine, merino, monier