Emo is a music type and sub-culture.
This will cover the sub-culture.
Emo is short for emotional.
People who are "Emo" tend to wear tight jeans and a black
T-shirt or colourful
T-shirt. Their hair is usually just past shoulder length, dyed black or white blonde and covers one eye.
A common belief is that emos are severely depressed suicidal
homosexual melodramatic attention-seekers. This is not the case. It is true some are depressed/suicidal/homosexual/melodramatic/attention-seeking, but a lot of them aren'
t.
They are usually down to
earth, easy to talk to, get along with, non-threatening. If your going through something tough in your life they are good people to talk to because they aren'
t judging, understand life and are able to keep secrets.
So don'
t be an emo-hater just because they're not "Mainstream" like you. They are just more deep, friendly and understanding then you.