cool emo: a kid who likes wearing clothing that he wants to wears , whether it be black or blue or green.doesnt want to have friends but has a select few people he hangs out with. doesnt care what other people say about him. has a real hobby other than writing in some gay ass journal. probably plays a guitar or another instrument. likes a good band whether it be deth metal, emo, punk, or classical.not afraid to admit he got that slayer shirt at goodwill.

gay emo: an emo that wears excessive makeup, black hair dye, only listens to sences fail and AFI.constantly complain about how much his life sucks. always looks out for emo chicks to go out with.

As Is The Word Goth, Emo Has Become Something Of A Stereotyping Mainstream. A Stereotypical Emo Would Cut Themself, Cry All The Time, Cover Their Face With Hair, Wear Tight Clothing And Listen To Rock Songs About Depression And Heartbreak. But In Reality Emo Is Just A Word So That Some People Can Feel Like They Belong, While Others Use It A Tool To Place Someone In A Catagory (Which May Or May Not Even Be Correct).
Emo, Along With Goth And Also Skater, Is Just A Subculture Of Punk, Mainly Looking At How Hard Life And Love Can Be (Especially When The Word "Love" Is Thrown Around So Much, It's Meaning Is Lost).
But Today, All These Cultures And Subcultures Can Easily Be Faked Just By Wearing Certain Clothes, I Could Quite Easily Put A Pair Of Tight Jeans And Converse On, And People Would Say I'm Emo, But Then I Put Baggy Trousers On, Big Boots And Some Black Lipstick, And I Am Seen As Goth.
But It Is Annoying When You Get An Emo Who Wants Everyone Else To Know It, Same Goes As Some Goths.

An emo is a person who wanted to be a goth but their parents said they weren't allowed so they settled for emo.

Emo. "Emotional" "Emotive" Or whatever you want to call it, is a genre of music which started in the early 80's (Yes 80's) with first wave and new wave.

Now it is a genre of music which incorporates sounds from punk, goth rock, pop rock, first wave, new wave, and even grunge rock. All music is emotional but this is the only type of music with its own genre called "emo" And like in most music genres a cult following backs it, creating a "scene" of people. The "Emo Scene" incorporates the dark clothes of goth with a new wave hairstyle with punk accessories.
The "Emokids" all don't act the same, they don't all dress the same, they don't all mope and cry about their lives. Only the posers do that. Same with the whole cutting part, its not cool. Razor blades may be a fun thing to cut.. Like.. Paper and stuff with, but not yourself. So, please, don't cut yourself.

An abnormally depressed individual. Individuals of this community dress in a more lighter type of Goth style. Emo even has its own music style which has soft guitar play, and lyrics that make the listener feel sad, unusual, unloved, and often suicidal. In some cases, Emo people have a tendency to cut an area of their body in order to distract their artificail depression with pain. usually whines about their misunderstood life style, Emos are more easily spotted as a group.

The latest attempt by an increasingly hostile world to annoy me into eating a bullet.
The emo boy has the kind of pathetic need for attention normally only found in goths, drag queens and politicians.
Much like those three groups, emo boys dress and act the way they do not to gain public approval or disapproval, but to get validation of an otherwise vapid, meaningless existence.
Most will grow out of it, thank Xenu, and the few who don't will descend to the level of sad self-caricature before, mercifully, taking their own lives using the most whiny, overly-dramatic means at their disposal. The suicide note will most likely be on the last page of his journal and will probably take the form of a poem that is, much like the rest of the book's contents, noticeably bad.

Unlike what most people think, emo has multiple definitions.
1. Emo is a type of goth, like Victorian/Romantic, Classic, and Rivet Heads. They're just goths with a different view point and taste in fashion.
2. Emo can be a putdown to goths.
3. They can be regualr people that want to be goths. Goth-posers, if you will. These are the ones people normally talk about when they're insulting emos in general.