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Road goth

When someone is driving at night with their headlights off, so you flash yours to remind them to switch theirs on but they completely ignore you.
by The Dumster March 15, 2022
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Goth

A music-based subculture that evolved out of punk in the late 70's

Besides punk rock, early musical influences for goth come from The Doors and the Velvet Underground

Staples of the genre include:
Low pitch, drawling vocals inspired by Jim Morrison; fast drum beats (often programmed), or slow, tribal drums; punk rock rhythm guitar over repetitive, high pitched bass-lines and spacy lead guitars; lyrics dealing with macabre or dramatic subjects

Gateway bands:
Bauhaus, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Christian Death

The visual style of goths comes from Punk, Post-Punk and Glam Rock:
Black clothes; teased, spiky hair, sometimes with the sides shaved; makeup; black nails; accessories such as studs, crosses, webs; boots; leather or denim jackets; fishnets

As far as political views go, goth is left-wing like the punk sub-culture it evolved out of
A lot of poser Goths will tell you goth is "apolitical" however being right of center is in direct contradiction to the goth subculture.
If you're a goth, you're already punk by default and if you're punk without being left-leaning, then you are a poser.

You have to be a goth music fan in order to be goth and you can't be a Nazi. Two very simple rules that no one seems to get right :)
Goth is not "a mindset"; there are goth sensibilities and common values, and the vehicle for that is goth music
Goth isn't always a style of dress. Joy Division don't "look" all that goth but I'd say early Joy Division were Goths
"my favorite Goth band is Nosferatu"
"I like your hair: it's very Goth"
"Movies such as Dracula give me heavy Goth-vibes"
by Gwen Gacy March 16, 2022
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Goth

- my dad is goth.

- your dad is super cool vegan social worker.
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Pocket Goth

A person who doesn't strictly conform to the traditional "Goth" fashion but still strongly associates with Goth Culture.
Tom may look like he's cosplaying as Ryan Reynolds from "Free Guy" but we all know he's a Pocket Goth inside.
by Ginger Goth January 30, 2022
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Samuel Goth

Samuel Goth is a character that appears in The Sims 3: Supernatural, he appears as a ghost in a house with his wife Olivia, and niece Frida, who are also ghosts, they all share a house with Helen Hall (not a ghost)
Who is Samuel Goth, he is the great uncle of Mortimer, and after he died, his wife was distraught and inadvertedly electrocuted herself, starting a fire that killed herself and Frida.
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bubble goth

a newer type of goth subculture created by estonian singer, kerli
"make the beautiful, creepy and the creepy, beautiful"
"do you know kerli? her bubble goth style is so cute!"
by 3_5h4 February 17, 2021
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Goth x Palette

Jimmy was bored so he searched Goth x Palette,now his innocence were ruined.
by Urbanperv March 31, 2021
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