A cross between styles mosher and goth but more shallow and false than both. Say they like noisy music that shouts about how much it hates the world and people in general, but probably don't really. Dress in sort of goth/mosher clothes that can sometimes be ok, but usually really not. Clothes are usually covered in skulls. Apparently thay cut themselves, but I can't see how thats turned into a style, and I have never met ann emo who does.
AT A CONCERT
Emos dancing like zombies to crap music, dressed in their most grungy clothes pretending to be drunk.
Emos dancing like zombies to crap music, dressed in their most grungy clothes pretending to be drunk.
by Ellen who hates emos and chavs. January 8, 2008
Get the Emo mug.bunch of fucking faggotass kids who think their lives are horrible, cutting (and sometimes killing) themselves in the process. very self-centered- they need to take a better look at their lives and surroundings, especially
in a country like America.
in a country like America.
by keelerman August 25, 2008
Get the emo mug.Emo is a type of music not a person so dont fucking catergorize yourself or someone else for fucks sake get it right... also if we must use it as a label all it is is to label a guy/girl who likes to kiss other guys/girls and cry themselves to sleep... anybody who wants to fight me on this can go and get screwed or lets just become emo then we can cry because of a song... lol you crack me up you bunch of fuck heads who dont realise that emo is a music genre not a person
music plays in the back ground
boy: whats that playing now?
another boy: emo i think
boy: i am so emo
another boy: shut up lets kiss
boy: oh yeah i am definately emo now
girl: fuckheads emo is a music genre not a person nor something you can label yourself with
boy: whats that playing now?
another boy: emo i think
boy: i am so emo
another boy: shut up lets kiss
boy: oh yeah i am definately emo now
girl: fuckheads emo is a music genre not a person nor something you can label yourself with
by you are all screwed up July 23, 2008
Get the emo mug.Emo = Tight Jeans, Converse/Vans, Wear red/black, Cry over having to go home at 10pm because they want to get pissed on white star, Paint tears on there face, Are OTT in how they are and what they wear, can be very attention seeking
There are 2 types of emos, the hardcore proper emos 'emotional' people who are actually upset about real things and keep it 2 themselves
And fashion emos who crave attention so cry as much as possible and cut themselves (trying to kill themselves apperently which they never do) and then tell everyone in the world about it
There are 2 types of emos, the hardcore proper emos 'emotional' people who are actually upset about real things and keep it 2 themselves
And fashion emos who crave attention so cry as much as possible and cut themselves (trying to kill themselves apperently which they never do) and then tell everyone in the world about it
by Shaun Byrne September 23, 2008
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It will die soon enough
Dont worry
For the mean time..
Who really gives a fuck what it is, who is doing it or why?
It will die soon enough
Dont worry
For the mean time..
Who really gives a fuck what it is, who is doing it or why?
by shoveitupyerarseXcore July 29, 2008
Get the emo mug.A beautiful community of people (though usually teenagers in middle school and high school) who are amazing and not afraid to be themselves, but unfortunately are judged and given negative stereotypes by society. Not all emos cut themselves, and that is NOT the definition of what an "emo" is. We are not always depressed, we are not a bunch of whiny little crybabies. Some of us like getting called emo, but most of us hate it. Labels are for soup cans. We're just....us.
by Iamanemounicorn February 24, 2014
Get the Emo mug.Emo is a genre of music which has been around since the 1980s or so and started with Emotive Hardcore or something.
Apart from a) in relevance to fans from that time period, or b) the musical history perhaps found in Kerrang! magazine or Wikipedia, the term "emo" is no longer widely used to describe this.
In definition the word "emo" is mostly heard on the streets, especially in "Great" Britain to define:
a) a style of music involving Dashboard Confessional or My Chemical Romance
-- and sometimes used prejudicedly by others who term anything containing a guitar and singing together as "emo" music (despite that what music is "emo" or not has become yet more blurred with the introduction of High School Musical which is supposed to be some mainstream form of pop or hiphop music but has been latched onto by "emos" as has it by "chavs")
b) a style of fashion which can include black or neon coloured skinny jeans, Vans or Converse trainers, black eyeliner and sometimes lipstick, black dyed hair, and fitted band-logo t-shirts/cardigans etc/band-logo hoodies, or any combination of these
c) a term used cheerfully by people who are involved with one or both of the above, to describe themselves, others and it
d) a derogatory term used disapprovingly by people who do not consider themselves or their style of music/dress "emo", perhaps because they are disgusted that others categorize things they like as "emo" and they personally do not know enough about the definition of "emo" to realise that this could be wholly or partly true, so they acquire a prejudice
In truth, people should stop being so offended about the use of the term "emo" because at the end of the day it's like when black people used to be referred to as "nigger" and besides that they still find this offensive but many happily refer to themselves as "nigger".
On that basis, it should be understood that if somebody does NOT refer to themselves, their style of dress, or their band or bands they like, as "emo", they will not appreciate somebody calling them as such - as also stood in the 1990s with "grunge" and has done with "goth" and "punk".
If somebody DOES refer to themselves as "emo", they are emo and proud because they say so. It is not something like sexuality that people generally hide from; usually teenagers are happy to express what they like.
BASICALLY SOMEBODY IS NOT ACTUALLY EMO UNLESS THEY SAY SO, WHATEVER EVIDENCE OTHERS MIGHT PROVIDE THAT THEY FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
So note to people who have found the other above definitions of "emo" offensive - just quit worrying about it because people ARE going to call you "emo" for those above reasons, and if you call yourself "emo" then you have to prepare for people to carry on like that. It means they are small-minded and don't know what it connotates to.
I know that sucks, but it's the sad truth. The gift of free speech in places such as Urban Dictionary is a brilliant thing; the fact that people use the anonymy of the internet to say abusive things from a safe distance holed up in their boring homes, when it proves they have nothing to do, is an unhappy truth in itself, but being offended by any of that just means that they have got what they hoped for - and proves their point about emo stereotypes.
If someone bullies "emos" about being "emo" then that shows what an idiot the person is. If the "emo" cries about it and gets all messed-up then the bully wins.
Hope that helps a lil. :)
Apart from a) in relevance to fans from that time period, or b) the musical history perhaps found in Kerrang! magazine or Wikipedia, the term "emo" is no longer widely used to describe this.
In definition the word "emo" is mostly heard on the streets, especially in "Great" Britain to define:
a) a style of music involving Dashboard Confessional or My Chemical Romance
-- and sometimes used prejudicedly by others who term anything containing a guitar and singing together as "emo" music (despite that what music is "emo" or not has become yet more blurred with the introduction of High School Musical which is supposed to be some mainstream form of pop or hiphop music but has been latched onto by "emos" as has it by "chavs")
b) a style of fashion which can include black or neon coloured skinny jeans, Vans or Converse trainers, black eyeliner and sometimes lipstick, black dyed hair, and fitted band-logo t-shirts/cardigans etc/band-logo hoodies, or any combination of these
c) a term used cheerfully by people who are involved with one or both of the above, to describe themselves, others and it
d) a derogatory term used disapprovingly by people who do not consider themselves or their style of music/dress "emo", perhaps because they are disgusted that others categorize things they like as "emo" and they personally do not know enough about the definition of "emo" to realise that this could be wholly or partly true, so they acquire a prejudice
In truth, people should stop being so offended about the use of the term "emo" because at the end of the day it's like when black people used to be referred to as "nigger" and besides that they still find this offensive but many happily refer to themselves as "nigger".
On that basis, it should be understood that if somebody does NOT refer to themselves, their style of dress, or their band or bands they like, as "emo", they will not appreciate somebody calling them as such - as also stood in the 1990s with "grunge" and has done with "goth" and "punk".
If somebody DOES refer to themselves as "emo", they are emo and proud because they say so. It is not something like sexuality that people generally hide from; usually teenagers are happy to express what they like.
BASICALLY SOMEBODY IS NOT ACTUALLY EMO UNLESS THEY SAY SO, WHATEVER EVIDENCE OTHERS MIGHT PROVIDE THAT THEY FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
So note to people who have found the other above definitions of "emo" offensive - just quit worrying about it because people ARE going to call you "emo" for those above reasons, and if you call yourself "emo" then you have to prepare for people to carry on like that. It means they are small-minded and don't know what it connotates to.
I know that sucks, but it's the sad truth. The gift of free speech in places such as Urban Dictionary is a brilliant thing; the fact that people use the anonymy of the internet to say abusive things from a safe distance holed up in their boring homes, when it proves they have nothing to do, is an unhappy truth in itself, but being offended by any of that just means that they have got what they hoped for - and proves their point about emo stereotypes.
If someone bullies "emos" about being "emo" then that shows what an idiot the person is. If the "emo" cries about it and gets all messed-up then the bully wins.
Hope that helps a lil. :)
"My Chemical Romance is an emo band"
(example of opinion)
"Kerrang! magazine is only read by emos"
(example of small-mindedness)
"That kid is an emo"
(example of stereotype)
"That kid SAYS he is an emo"
(example of justification, which is needed before somebody makes a comment like "That kid is an emo")
(example of opinion)
"Kerrang! magazine is only read by emos"
(example of small-mindedness)
"That kid is an emo"
(example of stereotype)
"That kid SAYS he is an emo"
(example of justification, which is needed before somebody makes a comment like "That kid is an emo")
by XxPureMourningxX March 6, 2009
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