'shes such an emo 😮 💨😮 💨'
by hwhejrj September 10, 2021
Get the emomug. Emo was a genre of music that developed out of the failing straight edge movement, especially in the DC area when bands such as Minor Threat and Bad Brains began to lose popularity.
These bands decided to take the energy of punk rock but without the anger, creating emo. Bands include: rites of spring, indian summer, some fugazi, ect. During emos height (84-87), it was generally very emotional, fast, and powerful music. Eventually, it became influenced by pop (much like punk) and is what it is today. It has also become a term to describe someone who is depressed and overly emotional, generally for attention.
These bands decided to take the energy of punk rock but without the anger, creating emo. Bands include: rites of spring, indian summer, some fugazi, ect. During emos height (84-87), it was generally very emotional, fast, and powerful music. Eventually, it became influenced by pop (much like punk) and is what it is today. It has also become a term to describe someone who is depressed and overly emotional, generally for attention.
I was wondering how Rites of Spring and My Chemical Romance are both labeled Emo and are completely different.
by TimmyTomahawk May 21, 2008
Get the Emomug. by penisgoldfish February 10, 2022
Get the emomug. 
person who wears black a lot and wears a ton of eyeliner and black nail polish and wears their hair over one eye; usually a result of past saddness
He is emo.
by plokmijnuhbygvtfgcrdxeszwaqq February 5, 2012
Get the emomug. A genre of music that is slightly hard-core, maybe a small amount of screaming or shouting. Emo is not a type of person that wears dark clothes and dark make-up. Emo is also not a person that self-harms, or whom is depressed.
Emo is short for Emo-core which was a joke made by a band in the 1980's, which was then abbreviated to Emo. A girl killed herself and a writer for the Daily Mail said that the music was influential to her death and she was "Emo".
Emo is short for Emo-core which was a joke made by a band in the 1980's, which was then abbreviated to Emo. A girl killed herself and a writer for the Daily Mail said that the music was influential to her death and she was "Emo".
Correct:
Person 1: I love this song
Person 2: Yeah, it's in the Emo genre, right?
Wrong:
Person 1: Wow, what's with the dark make-up and stuff?
Person 2: She's such an Emo.
Person 1: I love this song
Person 2: Yeah, it's in the Emo genre, right?
Wrong:
Person 1: Wow, what's with the dark make-up and stuff?
Person 2: She's such an Emo.
by RayneIsASexyMofo October 12, 2013
Get the Emomug. by Actually helpful December 28, 2023
Get the Emomug.