Ryan Estrada

So I knew none of this was happening until it was nominated for word of the year.

Once I found that out, it was everywhere.

GQ referred to it as a stupid trend made up by idiots.

Which I was kind of offended by.

It's a stupid trend made by an idiot, singular.

But I saw it on billboards.

I saw it in the windows of department stores.

I saw it on a Play-Doh commercial.

The cast of Avengers were jokingly calling Hawkeye Norm Corrin interviews.

And finally, two of my favorite TV characters, Rosa Diaz and Ron Swanson, were expressed disgust at the word normcore on their respective sitcoms.

The word normcore was now normcore enough to be normcore.

So yeah, high school bullies, sure, you were right in addition to being basic.

If you look up unfashionable in the dictionary, you will see me.

But apparently, I'm so good at being unfashionable that I'm kind of a style icon.