Troubled individuals with problems. They are like goths except not as cool. Listen to music that horribly sucks, with high pitched dudes and acoustic guitar. Sadly they do not listen to Rob Zombie or The Bloodhound Gang. Some slit their wrists but not all do, some just cry all day, or complain about how life sucks and nobody understands. Emo is not a lifestyle, it is a music genre that sucks, thats all there is to it.
by Jimmy-Pop-is-GOD June 7, 2007
Get the Emomug. emo-short for emotional, often expressed through sadness, a distinct style of clothing and often veganism or vegetarianism.
The popular idea that all emos are anorexic, sweater wearing, wrist cutting fags with tight pants is just another stereotype in a very stereotyped world. Is like saying that all Italians are fat chefs that make pizza, and while that is true for a small percent of people it is not the case. emo is just short for emotional, a type of music, and can mean many things and can be expressed in many ways by wearing many types of clothing and other actions.
The popular idea that all emos are anorexic, sweater wearing, wrist cutting fags with tight pants is just another stereotype in a very stereotyped world. Is like saying that all Italians are fat chefs that make pizza, and while that is true for a small percent of people it is not the case. emo is just short for emotional, a type of music, and can mean many things and can be expressed in many ways by wearing many types of clothing and other actions.
person: Whoa! that emo kid isn't at all what I thought emos were like! I guess I am a dumb-ass after all!
emo: yeah. I guess you are.
emo: yeah. I guess you are.
by #%^! April 7, 2007
Get the emomug. Most commonly used to denote a style of music that makes the Spice Girls look like Pantera. Men who listen to this generally are not men and could be beat up by five year old girls and their pet kittens.
This word is less commonly used to describe the type of people who listen to the aforementioned type of music. While these people certainly do suck, it is not all their fault...as they are only following the latest trend.
This word is less commonly used to describe the type of people who listen to the aforementioned type of music. While these people certainly do suck, it is not all their fault...as they are only following the latest trend.
Dashboard Confessional is a perfect example of Emo
I went to visit my Emo friend today but he was too busy crying over the ant he had accidentally stepped on
I went to visit my Emo friend today but he was too busy crying over the ant he had accidentally stepped on
by DTEC March 15, 2007
Get the Emomug. All this crap about emo's being kids wearing black, with dyed hair, hanging about in their tight jeans is bullshit. Emo is a genre of music. You can't dress/ be emo, how can you dress/be a genre? It doesn't make sense if you think about it.
Some Guy: WOAH check out that kid wearing black...he is SOOOO emo
Other Guy: What the hell? now colours make you genres?
Other Guy: What the hell? now colours make you genres?
by Immi_callmepnk January 2, 2009
Get the emomug. a bunch of whinny whimps who can't think of anything better to do with there life other than sit and cry and slit there wrists cause they feel like they have problems with the rest of the world and killing themselves will make them happy...stupid emo kids...always smokiing cause it makes them fell happy and self rightous like they are so cool cause they cry all the fucking time...
1 emo goes to the mall to hang out with some more emos...they go outside, light a cig, and start to cry like babies while smoking, then everyone walks bye and is like " whoa, look at those stupid emo kids, why don't they go get a life"...emos suck!!!
by someone else who dislikes emos August 15, 2006
Get the emosmug. PLEASE DO NOT REJECT THIS JUST BECAUSE IT IS LONG.
IT CAME FROM ME HEART. <3
Kind of.
This is very important. I know this is a slang dictionary and unserious entries and definitions are intended, but I can't laugh at silly people making cruel fun of things that should not be anymore like I used to, and as this site gets so many visitors, I think it's a good place to make my point.
Thankyou to all who read, Wikipedia, and the few others who write similar definitions and deserve more to agree with them. Aaand thanks a great bunch to the media and all you horrid, disrespectful people out there who make up lies about such people and accept the crap they hear about them.
Here we go.
Very misunderstood and abused in recent times, the general concept of "emo" is very different to what one following the crowd may first think. A great deal of this misunderstanding is caused by the media, and perhaps certain attributes to the majority of people who consider themselves "emo" causing others to believe that this applies to the entire community.
Tracing the roots of Emo back to the 1980's makes the original Emo over 20 years old, and so in its whole it is not necessarily a 21st-century wave. Some may consider Emo to actually have multiple meanings.
I. The Music
Emo began as a genre of music. Contrary to popular belief this is not all depressing with heartbroken tones and whiny mopey lyrics. It emerged from the hardcore punk scene of the early 1980s Washington D.C.
Guy Picciotto formed the band Rites of Spring in 1984, and their music included elements such as melodic guitars, varied rhythms, and deeply personal, impassioned lyrics, as would become familiar in the later generations of Emo music. Indeed, they were often concerning matters such as nostalgia, romantic bitterness and desperation, and were often very poetic. Therefore their performances often became public emotional purges where audience members would sometimes weep.
This is the first and one of the main reasons Emo became to be thought of as a constantly depressed and pointlessly miserable scene.
One of the main reasons people write and perform music is to express their inner thoughts and feelings in a way that they enjoy and can be creative with, as keeping them bottled up inside is not always a good way to go. You get sad songs, you get happy songs. Not all dubbed-Emo music includes these wistful tones, some good few being quite upbeat and lively, more like to power pop, and including morals rather than, or perhaps as well as, thoughts from the artist's mind. There is nothing wrong with expressing sadness, desire, or any emotion or thought for that matter in your music.
The music belongs to the artist, so leave them to it. If you don't like it, fair enough. Don't make such a fuss.
II. The Fashion
Later on Emo developed into a stereotype, with a certain way of dressing accompanying the music. Generally this includes very tight jeans/drainpipes/skinny-fit jeans on males and females alike, with graphic tees, brightly-decorated black-background hooded jumpers/jackets, often studded belts, perhaps fingerless gloves, and at one point it was associated with black horn-rimmed glasses. Before this, it had a 'clean-cut' look.
Of course, this is considered by most to be a fad. Not everyone dresses like this, and if they don't, that is upt o them, and there is nothing about it worth criticising.
III. The Lies
Emo is believed to be the abbreviation of 'emotional', another reason many believe the scene is associated with Many of you will have heard of the unfortunate suicide of Hannah Bond. Personally, I think she had the idea of Emo all wrong herself.
Due to this and various other things, popular media has associated emo, wrongly, with depression, self-harm, and even suicide. This is deeply upsetting.
One who thinks of such things, is depressed, or self-harms shoudld NEVER be called 'emo'. Firstly, not everyone likes being called this. Secondly, it is an incorrect term; emo does NOT mean suicidal or self-abusing at all, as you can see. Thirdly, these people are unhappy. It may not be their fault. Life is hard. Some people DO get depressed and do or think of such things. It is very sad, very serious, and is really NOTHING to make fun of. Those who do are stupid, inconsiderate spewers of ridicule.
IV. The Warring
A more ridiculous area.
People in the scene as a stereotype in England often consider it to be 'warring' with the stereotype of chav, and some others might, either as well, or instead, think Emo to be 'allied' with the stereotypes of grebo, scene and even goth, but some of these are not necessarily set in stone at all. Goth for example has more ancient roots, has various branches and connotations, and is usually seen as a more elegant, dark, aristocratic and perhaps even older thing. Emo is usually a thing amongst teenagers, but of course not limited to this age group.
The groups might be seen as 'warring' due to the inconsideration and common stupidity or thoughtlessness of chavs. They commonly, atleast in the younger ages and around my area, misunderstand the meaning of "emo" and give no thought to those who are depressed or self-harming, using such a thing as an exuse for making stupid fun. Some say emos are dying out; This is not a literal saying, only meaning that less people seem to be following the fashion and style.
Of course, the whole metaphorical, childish 'war' is a load of senseless poppycock.
Don't get caught up in this, kaay.
It's just that chavs, from another's point of view, are common, rude, rough, and give no thought to those who are not like them. Perhaps I will write a definition on them, too, but try not to be bias...
V. The Important Things
There are some very important things to remember;
~ Not everyone who listens to "emo" music dresses according to this wave of fashion.
~ Not everyone who dresses in such a way listens to or likes "emo" music.
~ Some "emo"s DO self-harm, are depressed, or think of suicide. But not all of them. If they are like this, it is usually by other reason and not because they are associated with this stereotype. If they are doing it to 'fit in with the stereotype' or something, then they themselves are very stupid. I think. Sorry.
~ Not everyone likes being stereotyped or being called "emo".
~ "Emo" is not actually an insult. So don't use it.
~ "Emo" and 'associated stereotypes' are widely considered to be 'alternative' styles.
~ Remember the important stuff.
~ Don't hate or make fun of someone for who they are! Unless it's a horrid, thoughtless beasssst.
IT CAME FROM ME HEART. <3
Kind of.
This is very important. I know this is a slang dictionary and unserious entries and definitions are intended, but I can't laugh at silly people making cruel fun of things that should not be anymore like I used to, and as this site gets so many visitors, I think it's a good place to make my point.
Thankyou to all who read, Wikipedia, and the few others who write similar definitions and deserve more to agree with them. Aaand thanks a great bunch to the media and all you horrid, disrespectful people out there who make up lies about such people and accept the crap they hear about them.
Here we go.
Very misunderstood and abused in recent times, the general concept of "emo" is very different to what one following the crowd may first think. A great deal of this misunderstanding is caused by the media, and perhaps certain attributes to the majority of people who consider themselves "emo" causing others to believe that this applies to the entire community.
Tracing the roots of Emo back to the 1980's makes the original Emo over 20 years old, and so in its whole it is not necessarily a 21st-century wave. Some may consider Emo to actually have multiple meanings.
I. The Music
Emo began as a genre of music. Contrary to popular belief this is not all depressing with heartbroken tones and whiny mopey lyrics. It emerged from the hardcore punk scene of the early 1980s Washington D.C.
Guy Picciotto formed the band Rites of Spring in 1984, and their music included elements such as melodic guitars, varied rhythms, and deeply personal, impassioned lyrics, as would become familiar in the later generations of Emo music. Indeed, they were often concerning matters such as nostalgia, romantic bitterness and desperation, and were often very poetic. Therefore their performances often became public emotional purges where audience members would sometimes weep.
This is the first and one of the main reasons Emo became to be thought of as a constantly depressed and pointlessly miserable scene.
One of the main reasons people write and perform music is to express their inner thoughts and feelings in a way that they enjoy and can be creative with, as keeping them bottled up inside is not always a good way to go. You get sad songs, you get happy songs. Not all dubbed-Emo music includes these wistful tones, some good few being quite upbeat and lively, more like to power pop, and including morals rather than, or perhaps as well as, thoughts from the artist's mind. There is nothing wrong with expressing sadness, desire, or any emotion or thought for that matter in your music.
The music belongs to the artist, so leave them to it. If you don't like it, fair enough. Don't make such a fuss.
II. The Fashion
Later on Emo developed into a stereotype, with a certain way of dressing accompanying the music. Generally this includes very tight jeans/drainpipes/skinny-fit jeans on males and females alike, with graphic tees, brightly-decorated black-background hooded jumpers/jackets, often studded belts, perhaps fingerless gloves, and at one point it was associated with black horn-rimmed glasses. Before this, it had a 'clean-cut' look.
Of course, this is considered by most to be a fad. Not everyone dresses like this, and if they don't, that is upt o them, and there is nothing about it worth criticising.
III. The Lies
Emo is believed to be the abbreviation of 'emotional', another reason many believe the scene is associated with Many of you will have heard of the unfortunate suicide of Hannah Bond. Personally, I think she had the idea of Emo all wrong herself.
Due to this and various other things, popular media has associated emo, wrongly, with depression, self-harm, and even suicide. This is deeply upsetting.
One who thinks of such things, is depressed, or self-harms shoudld NEVER be called 'emo'. Firstly, not everyone likes being called this. Secondly, it is an incorrect term; emo does NOT mean suicidal or self-abusing at all, as you can see. Thirdly, these people are unhappy. It may not be their fault. Life is hard. Some people DO get depressed and do or think of such things. It is very sad, very serious, and is really NOTHING to make fun of. Those who do are stupid, inconsiderate spewers of ridicule.
IV. The Warring
A more ridiculous area.
People in the scene as a stereotype in England often consider it to be 'warring' with the stereotype of chav, and some others might, either as well, or instead, think Emo to be 'allied' with the stereotypes of grebo, scene and even goth, but some of these are not necessarily set in stone at all. Goth for example has more ancient roots, has various branches and connotations, and is usually seen as a more elegant, dark, aristocratic and perhaps even older thing. Emo is usually a thing amongst teenagers, but of course not limited to this age group.
The groups might be seen as 'warring' due to the inconsideration and common stupidity or thoughtlessness of chavs. They commonly, atleast in the younger ages and around my area, misunderstand the meaning of "emo" and give no thought to those who are depressed or self-harming, using such a thing as an exuse for making stupid fun. Some say emos are dying out; This is not a literal saying, only meaning that less people seem to be following the fashion and style.
Of course, the whole metaphorical, childish 'war' is a load of senseless poppycock.
Don't get caught up in this, kaay.
It's just that chavs, from another's point of view, are common, rude, rough, and give no thought to those who are not like them. Perhaps I will write a definition on them, too, but try not to be bias...
V. The Important Things
There are some very important things to remember;
~ Not everyone who listens to "emo" music dresses according to this wave of fashion.
~ Not everyone who dresses in such a way listens to or likes "emo" music.
~ Some "emo"s DO self-harm, are depressed, or think of suicide. But not all of them. If they are like this, it is usually by other reason and not because they are associated with this stereotype. If they are doing it to 'fit in with the stereotype' or something, then they themselves are very stupid. I think. Sorry.
~ Not everyone likes being stereotyped or being called "emo".
~ "Emo" is not actually an insult. So don't use it.
~ "Emo" and 'associated stereotypes' are widely considered to be 'alternative' styles.
~ Remember the important stuff.
~ Don't hate or make fun of someone for who they are! Unless it's a horrid, thoughtless beasssst.
Correct examples.
"You look so emo in those jeans and that jacket!"
"There's this emo band I'm into, they're really sweet."
"There are a few emos in our school but most of the young ones are chav wannabees."
Incorrect uses.
"Stop whining, you sound like such an emo!"
"Haha, that emo kid probably slits his wrists all the time."
"I wish emos would die; or go kill themselves already."
"You look so emo in those jeans and that jacket!"
"There's this emo band I'm into, they're really sweet."
"There are a few emos in our school but most of the young ones are chav wannabees."
Incorrect uses.
"Stop whining, you sound like such an emo!"
"Haha, that emo kid probably slits his wrists all the time."
"I wish emos would die; or go kill themselves already."
by Caladhiel June 24, 2009
Get the Emomug. In the same vein as a murder of crows or a gaggle of geese, a grouping of emos is referred to as a pussy.
"Why is there always that pussy of emos sitting in the same place in the mall?"
"Yeah, way to be different by being exactly the same."
"Yeah, way to be different by being exactly the same."
by Apostat3 December 21, 2006
Get the emosmug.