What's an emo?!


Question: Everyone keeps talking about them but I just cant figure out what they are.


Answers: Everyone keeps talking about them but I just cant figure out what they are.

Quite a lot of negative answers so far, it seems that young people cant feel like they belong to a group without being criticised by others, and many people on this thread are adults, thats pathetic. No one has even given a sufficient answer, so its just all stereotypical degenerative nonsense. 'emo' as a noun reffers to either the subculture or person from it, as a verb, it describes the two, or a style of music related to them. People believe 'emo' comes from 'goth', but the two developed alongside each other in the early 1980s. Goth mainly comes from punk and metal, whereas Emo comes from punk and indie rock. Emo remained an underground subculture for 2 decades, so people wrongly believe that it is a new thing. We are currently on the 'third wave' of the Emo 'movement', or the 3rd evolution, which differes from the first two waves because it has broken onto the mainstream. Goth is still as dark as ever, but the only thing commonly dark about emo is the hair, jeans and lyrical content of some of the music. An 'emo' can be seen wearing plaid pattern shirts, sweat bands, bright and colourful footwear (commonly vans slip on shoes which were big in 80s america), and bright T-shirts, all of which are tight fitting. The most common emo feature is a straight fringe which goes to one side of the face, covering one or both eyes. In relation to other prominent subcultures of today, 'emos' are non violent and introspective, two reasons why any hatred towards them is uncalled for.

A poser with fake emotions

it's actually kinda over... and now it's just a misused, overplayed stereotype.

I'm not sure but according to my daughter it is what we used to call goth. A person who wear alot of black and make-up.

over emotional people dats what it stands 4

Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle.

u r mistaken its spelled elmo, its a famous doll thats winning the heart of a nation. No matter what age u r its a funny doll to watch.

Clay Aiken clones who wear black.

An overly EMOtinal person, who can tend to over due it, for attention.

Kind of like goths
they are always depressed
and wear black
they cut themselves
usually end up killing themselves
of course, there are stages. You could just dress in black, or you could go to the extreme and start cutting yourself

Sissy boy

A person that'll do a public shooting.

they are people who hate everything including themselfs and they cute themselfs. they are the people that want to die.

they are emotional quiet weird guys, who wear skinny jeans..and there usually quite skinny..and they have black hair with that style i dont know the name. they wear a lot of rocker tees..kinda like pete wentz

They are very emotional people who sometimes cuts themselves.

very depressed people who are stereotyped! They are believed to be suicidal and evil. at least thats what everybody calls them in my town.

Someone that doesn't show emotion. Sometimes people say wow thats a very emo pick,meaning no facial expressions at all.

a skode... you know, druggie? Very emotional too.

is a style of rock music which describes several independent variations of music with common stylistic roots.

a person who is way too emotional and is just always depressed...

group of white, mostly middle-class well-off kids who find imperfections in there life and create a ridiculous, depressing melodrama around each one. They often take anti-depressants, even though the majority don't need them. They need to wake up and deal with life like everyone else instead of wallowing in their imaginary quagmire of torment.

emo is short for emotional or its a kind of music

or sometimes a sterotype or a clique

a very emotional person

Emo is supposed to stand for emotional...I really don't know what makes you an emo or not...I've been described as "emo" and "perky goth" but I feel like I'm just being myself. I look absolutely normal, but I guess I dress in black a lot and I like Hello Kitty. I'm not suicidal, I don't ***** about life, and I don't cut myself.

I don't know...it's weird. I also like My Chemical Romance and Muse.

someone who hates life and cuts their wrists and thinks about suicide and all that other shtuff

Fags! lol ppl who listen to music that cant be accepted as rock cuz its gay...and ppl who wear clothes too tight! They're apprently too EMOTIONAL! No they jus couldnt fit in w/ goths..or rockers...or stoners...cuz they're too stupid so they made there own click!

it means emotional, and it is over. It was the people who wore black and cut themselves, a form of Goth, but not Goth

"Emo" is short for "emotional".
It means that one who is "emo" is very emotional, having problems in school-possibly teasing or not fitting in-having problems at home-parents divorced, abuse-having problems in a relationship with a loved one-cheating, loneliness.

Usually "emo's" are anorexic or bulimic, cut or burn themselves, or are thinking of committing suicide to release their pain.

It used to be a serious issue, but now its overdone, such as people claiming to be emo, but just using it for attention.

Who knows, but an EMU is an ostrich looking bird thing. You can ride them i think. I'm sure they'd lay the smack down on any emos around

very emotional

goth person basickly



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