normie

noun

norm·​ie ˈnȯr-mē 

plural normies

sometimes disparaging

: a normal, average, or ordinary person : a person with mainstream attitudes, interests, etc.

It's not only us non-famous normies who regularly work long hours. Turns out, Oscar-winning actresses have to remind themselves to recover from endless days on set.

—Whizy Kim

HBO's absurdist bilingual comedy feels like a trip to goth weirdo heaven … skewering the status quo while celebrating being an outcast in a world of normies.

—Jenna Scherer

Maybe the internet was better when it was run by hipsters, punks, nerds, and weird teenagers … —before Facebook ruined everything by bringing the normies and boomers to the party.

—Michael Tedder

… I doubt I'll be the only normie who struggles to get their head around the fantasy-intensive lore of the new series.

—Louis Chilton

He attacked sports fans, suggesting it's not masculine for men to "watch other men compete in a silly game," a view common in corners of the alt-right but unintelligible to normies.

—Michelle Goldberg

—often used before another noun

The task forces produced a blizzard of positions and language considerably to the left of the "moderate, normie" politics upon which Biden had built his successful campaign. And these positions and language found their way into the Democratic Party platform …

—Ruy Teixeira

Usually, even the best headsets aren't something you'd want your non-gaming, normie friends to see you in.

—Rachel Weber

Examples of normie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now the normie simply has to learn how to remain in it. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025

And unlike in the versions produced for Peacock, the cast of the NBC series will be stocked with normies — that is, people who aren’t celebrities or veterans of past reality shows. —Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025

Meanwhile, Wednesday’s protégée, Agnes (Evie Templeton), discovers that the outcasts’ fake death certificates were signed by Augustus Stonehurst, a normie who used to teach at Nevermore and later became the head doctor at Willow Hill before losing his mind and being institutionalized himself. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

norm(al) entry 1 + -ie

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for normie

• stormy