Literary authors have long employed the word “mediocre” as a multifaceted term—sometimes to denote a simple averageness, other times as a critique of conformity and lack of exceptional qualities. In many works, such as those by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Joseph Conrad, “mediocre” is used to characterize ideas, art, or individuals who fall short of greatness, marking a space where the ordinary prevails [1], [2]. At the same time, thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche often invoke the term with a combative tone, critiquing society’s penchant for celebrating commonplace values over extraordinary ones and even suggesting that mediocrity can be self-congratulatory, as in “For the mediocre it is a joy to be mediocre” [3], [4]. From classical comments in Latin texts [5] to sharp observations in modern sociological and philosophical treatises [6], [7], the usage of “mediocre” thus weaves through literature a persistent tension between the valorization of the exceptional and an implicit condemnation of what is merely average.