Screamo is not an actual genre. It was a term used by ignorant people who have no idea of what emotive hardcore is. Emo is emotive hardcore, and is just that, a form of hardcore, hardcore can have screaming, therefore, another genre(screamo) is redundant.

And if it were a genre, Alexisonfire, coheed, and all that garbage would not be part of it. It would be Swing Kids, Antioch Arrow, JR Ewing,Envy, etc.
Kid 1: I got the new Alexisonfire cd. Man I love screamo.
Kid 2: You're an idiot.
by meltedbanana February 9, 2005
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It's not music, it's not even close to music, it's the rape of your ears.
Bill listened to screamo yesterday and he shot himself.......10 times.
by szissexy October 13, 2011
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Screamo: An a excuse for scene kids to listen to it and to make them think theyre hardcore but really its a bunch of fags screaming and playing stupidly fast and talking about how they cant get pussy or friends leaving you becuz you cry so damn much about the same shit. Screamo Bands all sound the same too, Talking about the same damn shit. screamo= a bunch of scenes trying to play fast and "hardcore"
Metalhead: What the f*** are you listening to?
Scene kids: Its Bring Me the Horizon... Theyre hardcore
Metalhead: Sounds like a bunch of pussies trying to be hardcore
Scene Kid: No! theyre hardcore! Its they like the greatest screamo band in the world
Metalhead: Screamo? WTF is screamo?
Scene kid: This *plays a BMTH song*
Metalhead: I should bitch slap you. All theyre doing is talking about how gay they are but screaming.
Scene Kid: no theyre not!
Metalhead: Hahahahahahahaha your so gay!!!
by MetalHeadFromTheBay123 May 20, 2011
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A subgenre of emo that was invented when emo turned mainstream. The word Screamo is usually used to describe metalcore and heavy post hardcore that have emotionally charged lyrics, which are often screamed. The emotions used in Screamo songs are usually more angry than whiney, but can still be very whiney. Anger IS an emotion, but MTV seem to think otherwise! Real emo/screamo comes from real emotions, not fake whiney bullshit emotions that the emo singers don't even have.
Mainstream emo fan: How can you diss Pierce the Veil?!?! You must be a heartless screamo fan!
Screamo fan: Fuck your fake emotions you introverted asshole
by Chazza2121 February 13, 2015
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The sound of someone swallowing a microphone whole and pulling it back up out of their throat.
Guy 1: "That band is so screamo."
Guy 2: "I know! I wonder how he gets his mouth so wide!"
Guy 3: "That's what she said!"
by amaemae March 12, 2009
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A form of music for pussies. The lyrics consist of pointless stories about childhood heroes and the people who listen to it are in love with dinosaurs, thick rimmed glasses and other lame/bogus ideas. Also, the people who listen to screamo think they're "hardcore" and think that: dinosaurs still exist; the actually have problems but they really don't; and that they matter.
I'm going to go listen to Screamo to numb the problems I don't have because I'm a weakling.
by Andersin December 31, 2011
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