Emo (pronounced /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace. As the style was echoed by contemporary American punk bands, its sound and meaning shifted and changed, blending with pop punk and indie rock and encapsulated in the early 1990s by groups such as Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. By the mid 1990s numerous emo acts emerged from the Midwestern and Central United States, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the style.
Emo has been criticized for its androcentrism and the tendency of most emo bands to relegate women to the role of muse or heartbreaker in their lyrics
Emo has been criticized for its androcentrism and the tendency of most emo bands to relegate women to the role of muse or heartbreaker in their lyrics
by Words&Pages November 03, 2009
by _pro_definitions_i_cant_spell1 November 18, 2018
im emo witch means im deppresed there are posers who are well off and live in the suberbs i dont but whatever people say its when no one understands its true but not for suberbain emos or posers i cut myself suberbain emos do for style emo music is also popular upon this culture some call me fag i call me emo
john: im emo dude
jay: no you arnt you are suberbain poser
john: no one understands
jay: i see you cut yourself
john: yeah look look
jay: why
john: it looks cool
jay: poser -_- screw you
john: no one understands
jay: no you arnt you are suberbain poser
john: no one understands
jay: i see you cut yourself
john: yeah look look
jay: why
john: it looks cool
jay: poser -_- screw you
john: no one understands
by ch2113 January 10, 2012
1) Not quite goth, not quite gay. A whining sorry excuse for a human being.
2) Some form of amphibian excrement you step on near a body of water.
2) Some form of amphibian excrement you step on near a body of water.
by jacobite45 January 09, 2012
by BeanTheHuman December 15, 2017
An emotionally unstable person. They don't have to wear black or cut themselves. Those are just stereotypes. They can be your next store neighbor and you would probably never know. Mostly, they are emo, because of bipolar issues and nothing seems to make them happy. Even Marilyn Monroe was emo.
That girl must be emo, because she always looks so sad. (I don't know, I had to fill in the example!)
by WissaWolf August 29, 2009