English Explanatory Dictionary

normcore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unisex fashion trend characterized by average-looking, unpretentious clothing.
  2. Any style that is mainstream or unremarkable.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɔːmkɔː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-normcore.wav /ˈnɔɹmˌkoɹ/

Word forms

normcore

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.

Related words

normal

Derived words

gorpcore lunarcore Naarmcore
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