One of the earliest uses of the term comes from the 1987. A derivative of the English adjective “normal,” the term “normie” first came into colloquial usage in the context of mental health-related discussions sometime in the mid-to-late 1990s, with its earliest known mention dating back to April 1996 on the personal website of James L. Drush, an addiction recovery counselor, in a web page that explains the common characteristics of a “normie.”