So, vocabulary geniuses, are both “normality” and “normalcy” real words? And if not, which one should we avoid using? In 1920, Warren G Harding took a lot of heat for using one of them in his campaign, but then someone took a look at actual dictionaries and found that the one they were giving him a hard time over went back at least to 1857.
So, vocabulary geniuses, are both “normality” and “normalcy” real words? And if not, which one should we avoid using? In 1920, Warren G Harding took a lot of heat for using one of them in his campaign, but then someone took a look at actual dictionaries and found that the one they were giving him a hard time over went back at least to 1857.