alt kid 

a toxic group of white savior's that wear e-girl and indie/kidcore style clothing. listen to shit overrated bands on TikTok, and are constantly arguing with 'the boyz'

age range: 8-19

Linda: some alt kid just got pissed at me for saying the f slur when talking to my friends...

Jim: that's stupid! You're literally a lesbian.

alt kid by dookiepoopie May 2, 2021

Gen Z “Real” Alt Kid

Some of the most annoying little shits on the internet. Typically claims to be punk or goth or metal or any other subculture that was really big like 40 years ago. They discover 1 song from Dead Kennedys, the Cure, Mayhem, or any other edgy band from the 70s-90s and try to act like their music taste is superior to that of their peers. Snobby and pompous as fuck and usually won’t shut the fuck up about how emo trap/dark trap artists like Lil Peep, $uicideboy$, and Ghostemane aren’t “real punk” or “real metal” or “real goth” even though nobody around them actually thinks that or says that. They mock dead artists’ deaths just simply because they don’t like them and then suddenly act like they give a shit about humanitarianism when someone makes fun of Joey Jordison or Rozz Williams. Overall, they’re quite hypocritical and annoying as shit! If they catch you posting a story of you listening to one Ecco2k track while wearing black clothes, they will try to send you playlists of bands that you probably already know and like such as the Cure, Orchid, Slipknot, etc. but they still think you’re intellectually inferior to them for liking rap music (which may or may not be racially charged…). If you think you might be a Gen Z “Real Alt” Kid, don’t worry. It’s perfectly okay to like punk rock, metal, goth, emo, etc. It’s just bullshit to put genres and subcultures into a static box and not let artists evolve their sound or fans their fashion style without throwing a pussy fit.

Drainer kid: “I love bladee he’s such a good artist!”

Gen Z “real” alt kid: “BLADEE IS NOT REAL EMO!!!1!1! REAL EMO CONSISTS OF THE 1980—“

Drainer kid: “Oh my God nobody fucking gives a shit go outside.”

Emo kid: “Yeah tf??? You literally think you’re better than us cos u like the same music as my mom and dad and uncle and you dress like a character from The Breakfast Club. Don’t be a dick, bro.”

Drainer kid: “You’re kinda cool! Wanna go listen to the new Underoath album?”

Emo kid: “Hell yea man!”

Gen Z “real” alt kid: *unintelligible screaming noises upon hearing an underoath fan call himself emo*

Gen Z “Real” Alt Kid by lmaomeanlickmyassout October 2, 2021

alt/indie kid 🦋💟✨🧚 ♀️🧃🌈 

an indie kid is a person (boy or girl), whos fashion is in the mix of streetwear and kidcore.

• they love indie music like, tyler the creator, billie eilish, frank ocean, 100 gecs, and BROCKHAMTON

•they use the indie filter alot and if they have tiktok, they use the color customizer, and theyre most def on alt tiktok.

•they use "🧃💟🧚 ♀️☮️✨🦋💖🛹🌈🐛😺😼😿😻⛓🍄🪐🌍🐁" emojis

• theyre most likely bi, pan, or gay 🌈

ur parents: its JUST a phase

you: no mom and dad. im an alt/indie kid 🦋💟✨🧚 ♀️🧃🌈 forever.

alt/indie kid 🦋💟✨🧚 ♀️🧃🌈 by indiebith July 26, 2020

Alt Kids 

People who wear clothing and listen to music that could be identified as belonging to a wide range of "alternative" sub-genres and aesthetics. This is kind of a umbrella term that groups in a bunch of different sub cultures into a vague alternative umbrella. Alt kids are likely to refer to themselves or a group of friends with similar aesthetics as being alt kids in an endearing or fond way. Its not really used as an insult, its would make sense for an emo kid born somewhere in the years between like 1994 and 2006 but also could be a bit older or younger than that range to use.

A good example would be like someone who is a loose mix between an Emo / Goth kid that grew up listening to a genre spanning mix of bands like my chemical romance, the smiths, sonic youth, sorority noise, dashboard confessional, panic at the disco, and death cab for cutie would use "Alt Kids" to describe the loosely organized group of scene kids, goths, punks, ravers, and indie kids that they formed the closest bonds with in their mid to late teens and early to mid 20s in one very simple and generalized term.

*two tiny lolita goth girls, a trad goth boy smoking a cigarette, a pair of stumbling messy haired emo boys, a dazed looking punk kid with a black eye, and a nearly 7 foot tall metalhead dude carrying a vamp goth over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes all stumble up to the front entrance of a papa johns at 5 am*

The main cashier: " Oh shit man not the alt kids"
Another employee: "Whats wrong with the alt kids. They tip well, they're funny and they always invite us to cool events"
The cashier: "Yeah man thats the problem, every time they invite us to a show its a super fun night, and I genuinely like some of the music they play for us. What if we turn into alt kids as well man?"

The coworker: "embrace it man, embrace it"

Alt Kids by emobooii May 15, 2025