Why this word is great
EVERYMAN — [Noun] In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort. From the English phrase 'every man', popularized by the 15th-century morality play *Everyman*, a translation of the Dutch *Elckerlijc*. Unlike a 'hero' (who is often exceptional or idealized) or a 'protagonist' (who may be singular or extraordinary), an everyman is deliberately unremarkable, a mirror held up to the audience’s own mundanity. He is the commuter dozing on the 7:15 train, the clerk fumbling with his keys at the office door, the father staring blankly into the refrigerator at midnight—an unassuming vessel for the weight of existence, reminding us that the most universal stories are not about kings or warriors, but about the quiet, uncelebrated act of being human.