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EMO

a term that has 68 pages on urbandictionary.com

emo is actually just a genre

if a kid gets a flippy haircut and tight pants and some converse and slits their wrists and enjoys listening to fueled by ramen bands in the dark then ok then! give that kid a gold star cuz he has a wacked up brain.

speaking of star they are probaly jefree star fans and "support" his existence

now isnt that poser-ific?
sad kid 1: im emo
sad kid 2: im emo too. my pants are tight
sad kid 3: my pants are tighter, i can barely breathe, i think i might die from lack of air
sad kids 1 and 2: dude i want your pants. i hate myself for not having them -slit writs-
by GonnaShootYew July 7, 2008
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Life is either what you make of it or what you do not make of it. IF you're happy going thru life sad and that's your thing, OK...BUT there is a lot more out there if your attitude is that "the glass is half full" - be positive. Just cause bad stuff happened to you, don't internalize it to the point where you cannot see the good stuff all around you. Personally, I find most emo's a downer who work hard at exuding bad vibes.
emo - Trying to exude no perceptible positive emotion, trying to be sad, and internalizing their feelings. Spending time writing in a journal, creating poetry, etc. Not trying to make a contribution to the world, only themselves (ie: vanity and self-centered behavior). Ask a question - "Where does this get me...where does this help me grow as an individual?"
by Positive outlook guy July 21, 2009
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People who follow the emotional hardcore music scene. Emo is a shortening of emotional and in most cases refers to the style of music. Many people beleive that all emos cut themselves, this is not true. Yes, some emos cut themselves but so do some goths, punks and people who don't follow a particukar trend. Admittedly self harmers do seem drawn to the emo scene but this doesn't mean all emos self harm, most just dress and listen to music to try to seperate themselves from the herd.
Self harming is an act commited by people who either beleive they need punishment, find some releif from emotion through physical pain or suffer from low self esteem. I used to be emo, I cut myself once or twice but only as a response to the constant ridiculing I was subject to.
Chav: Hey, emo kid! Do you slit your wrists?
Emo: Not all emos do ya know *shows wrists with no

cuts* Do you see anything?
Chav: Yeah, I see you're an emo!

Chavs group: Emo! Emo!
*Chav and large group of friends laugh hysterically and emo leaves*
by Ex-emo July 7, 2009
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A waste of a perfectly-good set of tits.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that you're emo.
by Grammar_Nazi July 25, 2008
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Here's a REAL, NON-STEREOTYPED definition of the word "Emo".

What is emo? Most people view emo as a type of person. Someone who cuts themselves, hates the world, and wears tight clothing. Others view emo as a genre of music including bands such as Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and Panic! At the Disco. Most people use emo to describe what is really called scene.

What does the word emo mean? Most people believe emo is short for emotional, as in an emotional person or emotional music. Others believe it’s short for emotional hardcore.

Emo cannot mean emotional because then everything would be emo. Everything has emotions- all music, all people. Emo would become an all-encompassing, very vague, word that could be used to describe many things.

The term emo is short for emotive hardcore. It was first used by the members of Rites of Spring in a 1985 interview in Flipside Magazine. Emo is not popular, and there are no mainstream emo bands. You will not hear emo on the radio.

Hopefully this will set everybody straight. **Source!: www.emotivehardcore.com**
REAL emo bands:

1. Rites of Spring

2.Embrace

3.Moss Icon

4.Indian Summer

5.I Hate Myself

6.Belle Epoque

7.Antioch Arrow

8.Amanda Woodward

9.Twelve Hour Turn

10.The Sea, The Sea

11.Yage

12.Aussitôt Mort

Remember how the definition stated that Emo is NOT a popular genre? Well, these are all the bands that are NOT Emo:

30 Seconds to Mars

A Vain Attempt

AFI

Aiden

Alesana

All American Rejects

Armor for Sleep

Atreyu

Avenged Sevenfold

Billy Talent

Bless The Fall

Boys Like Girls

Bright Eyes

Bring Me the Horizon

Bullet for my Valentine

Chiodos

Coheed and Cambria

Cute is What We Aim For

Dashboard Confessional

The Devil Wears Prada

Emery

Enter Shakiri

Escape the Fate

Evanescence

Fall Out Boy

Flyleaf

From Autumn to Ashes

From First to Last

Funeral for a Friend

Green Day

Hawthorne Heights

HIM

Kill Hannah

Killswitch Engage

Linkin Park

Lost Prophets

Madina Lake

Marilyn Manson

Mayday Parade

My Chemical Romance

Panic! At the Disco

Papa Roach

Paramore

Plain White T's

Rise Against

Saosin

Say Anything

Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Senses Fail

Silverstein

System of a Down

Taking Back Sunday

The Academy Is

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

The Used

Three Days Grace

Tokio Hotel

Underoath
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Emo is linked to a various number of things......

However most of these aren't true. Emo is not a hairstyle, a clothes style or even a youngster cutting themselves.

Emo is a lifstyle. Although some may cut themselves. More than likely they dont. Emo is a younger generation of not-so-understood teens that get noticed by dressing and actied differently. This has been around since the 80's but has not been recognized until the new millenium. We are not wanna be Japanease people and we are not pussies. Most of us are stronger than preps and jocks (emotionally of course). We don't like being targeted for who we are and certainly dont like being called obscene names such as earlier mentioned pussy.We want to be respected and left alone as you would want. We are not a style of music as many of you think. We are a society in ourselves, and if your nice we won't kick your ass and hook your intestines up to our car batteries and drag you behind our car!
A true emo is very moody. They are happy one minute and suicidal the next. We are very quiet around new people and dont get along with preps or chavs very well.
We have a very wide range of music tastes. Most people think we like bands like Bullet For My Valentine and My Chemical Romance(FYI MCR IS NOT EMO!!!,THEY ARE ALTERNATIVE!!!) But we can listen to different music like Fegie, Jeffree Star, and Tupac Shakur (Who was emo)
by SuburbanBarbie February 6, 2008
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Although usually meant to describe a music style, lifestyle, hairstyle, clothing style &c, Emo is actually:

1. a town in Ireland (Emo, County Laois)
2. a town in Canada (Emo, Ontario)
3. a racetrack in Emo, Ontario (Emo Speedway)
4. a nightclub in Austin, Texas (Emo's)
5. a 16th century villa by Andrea Palladio (Villa Emo)
6. an Irish oil distribution brand (Emo Oil)
7. an American entertainer and comedian (Emo Philips)

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo
1. It was so pretty when i spent the summer in Emo.
2. It be dam near freezin up der in Emo, eh? (all Canadians and Minnesotans talk like this)
3. Didja see dat big crash down der at da Emo Speedway?
4. You hear the band at Emo's last night? They were dam good
5. I saw this special with Bob Vila an A&E, end they had a whole bunch of stuff about Villa Emo in Italy.
6. I've got to get a spot of petrol at the Emo down the lane.
7. I love Emo Philips' use of Paraprosdokians in his acts.
by The Toughbook Guy February 16, 2008
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