Baby-Bangs
The slang name for younger followers of 'emo' (Emotional hardcore) fashion and music subculture.
A reference to both their youth and the common hairstyles in the emo aesthetic that utilize long, swooping bangs.
Originated out of the Goth term for young Goths 'Baby-Bat'.
Carries less of a derogatory connotation although can be used as an insult.
First used by middle-to-older 'Millennials' to refer to the fans from 'Generation Z' and younger.
The people who recall the original wave of the emo subcultural scene that grew to prominence from the late 1990s and into the early-to-mid 2000s, when they were in their teens and early-to-mid 20s, but often used by older emos to refer to younger ones in the scene in general.
A reference to both their youth and the common hairstyles in the emo aesthetic that utilize long, swooping bangs.
Originated out of the Goth term for young Goths 'Baby-Bat'.
Carries less of a derogatory connotation although can be used as an insult.
First used by middle-to-older 'Millennials' to refer to the fans from 'Generation Z' and younger.
The people who recall the original wave of the emo subcultural scene that grew to prominence from the late 1990s and into the early-to-mid 2000s, when they were in their teens and early-to-mid 20s, but often used by older emos to refer to younger ones in the scene in general.
Millennial 1: "Hey did you see that kid coming out of the mall just now?"
Millennial 2: "Yeah, is he wearing a Hawthorne Heights tshirt?"
Millennial 1: "Yeah and that hair-style is giving me crazy flashbacks to high school."
Millennial 2: "Good to see baby-bangs keeping the scene alive."
Millennial 2: "Yeah, is he wearing a Hawthorne Heights tshirt?"
Millennial 1: "Yeah and that hair-style is giving me crazy flashbacks to high school."
Millennial 2: "Good to see baby-bangs keeping the scene alive."
Baby-Bangs by Just-A-Little-Emotional February 12, 2021
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