I wish there was a word for normie in English that isn’t so derogative. Some other countries have a word for “normie” and it more or less means the same thing, but without the negative connotation. Simply just means people that exist outside of a more niche community; the status quo or your average commoner. Normie, especially on reddit is more synonymous to calling someone an incel.
I guess I do use layman when saying “in layman’s terms” lol. But layman also seems so formal and antique to use. I guess normie just rolls off the tongue better.
I wish there was a word for normie in English that isn’t so derogative. Some other countries have a word for “normie” and it more or less means the same thing, but without the negative connotation. Simply just means people that exist outside of a more niche community; the status quo or your average commoner. Normie, especially on reddit is more synonymous to calling someone an incel.
“layman”
I guess I do use layman when saying “in layman’s terms” lol. But layman also seems so formal and antique to use. I guess normie just rolls off the tongue better.
How abbout just saying the masses or general public?