Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US gay) a heterosexual male.

1972

B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 190: heterosexual [...] norm.

2. (Aus.) a generic term used to describe the average Aus. male – beer-drinking, television-watching, over-weight and inactive [the character, Norm, created by Victoria’s Minister for Sport, Brian Dixon, was launched as part of a ‘get fit’ campaign in 1975].

1999

G. Seal Lingo 121: The cartoon character norm was created as a televisual representation of the essential ocker in an attempt to show unfit, beer-swilling males how repulsive they looked.

3. (US campus, also Norma Normal, normal, Norman Normal, normie) a dull conventional person; also attrib.

1989		K. Dunn Geek Love 46: Hey, nit squat! These are written by norms for norms. [Ibid.] 110: Drop all that norm shit! Why did Papa give you that gift if you’re going to piss it away like a norm.
1991		L.A. Times Mag. 22 Dec. 42: I think there’s a bias against any of these drugs being used in normals [HDAS].
2001		S. King Dreamcatcher 498: He’ll go along quietly for weeks at a time, Norman Normal, and then he’ll break out and do something nutso.
2021		K. Preston et al.‘The Black Pill’ in Men & Masculinities 18 May 🌐 They identify Chads as the most attractive type of men, followed by normies (or ‘cucks,’ ‘betamales,’ or ‘numales’), and then incels.
2023		R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 28: [A] madwoman never destined to fit into norm society.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 381: Who wants to watch half a dozen pretty-pretty Norma Normals.