The best known definition for 'emo' is a fashion movement among teens (usually 13-18) involving things like skinny jeans, band tees, wristbands, studded belts, horn-rimmed glasses, eyeliner, and black, choppy hairstyles, often with exotic colors like red or pink. It also brings to mind sort of a whole attitude. And I am not going to say that emos are whiny, self-centered little brats who only cut and act depressed because they think it's cool. That is a common and insulting misconception. The more correct definition is that emos are teens who are more emotional and sensitive than most. They're pretty dark and tend to be very thoughtful and deep. Many have been diagnosed with depression and even more do self-harm. The brats I mentioned before are the POSERS. The total fakes and wannabes that give the subculture a bad name. Most emos are very sensitive, and are also often artistic and like writing songs and poetry that aren't always necessarily about death and darkness. I believe the posers are more common than the real thing, so most non-emos are left with the impression that emos are whiny, angsty teens that think they're oh-so-unique. This is not true of all. Emos are greatly misunderstood people who have been negatively stereotyped. I just wanted to clear that up.
poser 1:Dude, I totally got these new skull earrings at Hot Topic! I'm sooo emo.
poser 2: That's awesome. I wrote a poem about how life sucks and everyone should die, and how no one understands me or loves me. How emo is that?
poser 1: That's way emo. Let's go to the bathroom and cut and cry about our awful lives.
real emo 1: So how was art class?
real emo 2: Pretty good. I'm drawing a charcoal picture of a rose. I'm planning to write a little poetry on the border.
real emo 1: That sounds really cool. Wanna hang out sometime this weekend?
(note the freaky poser coversation and the totally normal emo conversation XD)
poser 2: That's awesome. I wrote a poem about how life sucks and everyone should die, and how no one understands me or loves me. How emo is that?
poser 1: That's way emo. Let's go to the bathroom and cut and cry about our awful lives.
real emo 1: So how was art class?
real emo 2: Pretty good. I'm drawing a charcoal picture of a rose. I'm planning to write a little poetry on the border.
real emo 1: That sounds really cool. Wanna hang out sometime this weekend?
(note the freaky poser coversation and the totally normal emo conversation XD)
by ShatterTheSky March 28, 2011
Get the Emomug. A whiny, attention whore who likes to pretend they are more deep and tortured than they actually are. They are often confused with goths due to a similar aesthetic but there is a key difference: emos want to kill themselves and goths want to kill everyone else.
That emo is cutting his wrists, not due to real mental illness and depression or an inability to cope, but to get attention and seem special.
by Anti-life equation November 9, 2014
Get the Emomug. Douchebags who think they're proper "hardcore". Usually listen to bands such as My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday
I'm so emo! I wear black and listen to shit whiny music! AND I can't get laid, cuz I'm too busy crying to have sex!
by Snake1991 January 13, 2009
Get the Emomug. Uhhh I totaly hate my parents they totaly didn't let me listen to my twenty one pilots uh im emotionaly distressed omg i hate my life and im going to kill myself
by All Holy Anime Lord June 12, 2018
Get the Emomug. a group of people seriously overused in the mainstream of the 21st century
emos usually wear eyeliner or other dark makeup, but not always
skinny jeans and converse are also labled 'emo' but aren't just for emos
yes, emos usually have a sidebang covering one of their eyes
hair is not always a shitty black color or greasy
emo music is anything that holds meaning to you, either lyrics or sound
emo is a cultural innovation that came after emo music
deep, crypitc poetry and music no ones heard of before are common
slitting your wrists isn't really 'emo' but an attempt to feel anything other than your emotional pain
i agree that sweaters are mostly for fags and old people
people who are emo are usually just people who are trying to be different but people followed their trend
people who make fun of emos are usually just scared of being revealed as the emos they are
not all emos are sad all the time
emos arent all pussys
my chemical romance is a retarded band that is definitely not emo
emos usually wear eyeliner or other dark makeup, but not always
skinny jeans and converse are also labled 'emo' but aren't just for emos
yes, emos usually have a sidebang covering one of their eyes
hair is not always a shitty black color or greasy
emo music is anything that holds meaning to you, either lyrics or sound
emo is a cultural innovation that came after emo music
deep, crypitc poetry and music no ones heard of before are common
slitting your wrists isn't really 'emo' but an attempt to feel anything other than your emotional pain
i agree that sweaters are mostly for fags and old people
people who are emo are usually just people who are trying to be different but people followed their trend
people who make fun of emos are usually just scared of being revealed as the emos they are
not all emos are sad all the time
emos arent all pussys
my chemical romance is a retarded band that is definitely not emo
by izziapocalyptic May 22, 2010
Get the emomug. Emo is a genre of music.
It tends to be simalar to Rock/Punk/Metal.
Emo isnt about being sensitive or anything, emo's are just people who listen to this music.
Emos are not gay, depressing, suicidal, or stupid as people say they are!!!!!!!!
Emo's are actually decent people!
It tends to be simalar to Rock/Punk/Metal.
Emo isnt about being sensitive or anything, emo's are just people who listen to this music.
Emos are not gay, depressing, suicidal, or stupid as people say they are!!!!!!!!
Emo's are actually decent people!
so called emo band-Fall out boy
so called emo band-My chemical romance
so called emo band-Jimmy eat world
Any other good band i can think of :)
so called emo band-My chemical romance
so called emo band-Jimmy eat world
Any other good band i can think of :)
by orianwindows April 13, 2008
Get the emomug. The other 1200 definitions explain the term itself and its origins better than I can here, but it is important to note that the music and accompanying culture currently labeled "emo" by the press and popular media (as well as by the kids themselves) is essentially the same music and culture we all would have simply referred to as "alternative" a decade ago, and which has been shoveled into the media-created pigeonhole formerly occupied by the (arguably artificial) subgenre of "alternative" music known as "grunge" back in the '90s.
by Panic! In My Pants December 14, 2008
Get the emomug.