normcore

noun
/ˈnɔːmkɔː/UK/ˈnɔɹmˌkoɹ/US

Etymology

From norm(al) (“according to norms or rules or to a regular pattern”) + -core (suffix denoting genres of music and subcultures (often specialized and underground)), coined by the cartoonist Ryan Estrada in a guest comic strip for the webcomic Templar, Arizona on 17 September 2008: see the quotation. It was popularized in a stylized, tongue-in-cheek trend report produced by the collective K-HOLE in 2013.

  1. derived from normālis
  2. suffixed as normcore — “normal + core

Definitions

  1. A unisex fashion trend characterized by average-looking, unpretentious clothing.

    • That means he's normcore. Dangerously regular. Dresses only in T-shirts an' jeans, uses slang appropriated from other sub cultures, but only 3 years after it's^([sic – meaning its]) first use, an' only after it's been used in a sitcom.
    • Clémence would say that his style was normcore before normcore became a thing. She had to admit that she still found him attractive.
  2. Any style that is mainstream or unremarkable.

    • "That's normcore painting, and that's what people are buying and trading now," [Deborah] Kass said, along with some slightly more colorful critique she opted to keep off the record.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for normcore. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA