Emo is a way of life. (my way of life) not all emo people cut themselves and write music. the hair is washed and guys with eyeliner are hot. we listen to Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Evanescence, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, and many other bands. Our clothing may be dark, but it looks but on us than pink does on you.
God I wish people would shut up and stay out of my life, just because I'm emo doesn't mean anything.
By Eric's girl
1. A music genre. Emotional Harcore, Emotive Hardcore, Emocore. A type of rock music origionated from hardcore punk. characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s. Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s. In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance. (wikipedia, for onece, it's true) 2.A steroetype that many people believe. It tells us that 'emo kids' cut their wrists, write poetyry/songs, lock themselves in their rooms, whine, cry, and most importantly, they are though to be posers. Yes, there are 'emo' posers, but there is, every so often, a true 'emo' I'm my opinion, 'emo' just means different and slightly more emotional at times. Not all 'emos' cut or write poetry, yada, yadam, yada, blah, blah, blah. There is also the style, which is more colourful, 'scene'. Also...give them a break, you don't know why those people have no friends or cry. You don't know what situation they're in.
1. Ditzy 'popular' girl: why don't you go CRY emo kid, go CUT your self, go be EMO! *laughs with friends. 'Popular' chick #2: she's SO uncool!! 'Emo' Kid: *punches ditzy chicks* f*** you b****!! 'Popular' girl #1: THAT NOSE WAS NEW! 2. Yes, i'm EMO and proud! At least i'm not a superficial clone like you!! I still have my INDUVIDUALITY!!!!!!
By NicoleLovesMyChem
The most overused word in the english language.
Person 1: You don't listen to pop? Ewwwww, you're so emo Person 2: I know dude, c'mon, who DOESN'T want to listen to songs about sex, drugs, smoking, and being violent? Me: You two need to be put behind bars.
By Lucio Soph
A distant introverted person that has a black aesthetic and loves a certain type of music. Wears eyeliner and may seem edgy, but really they are crying alone in their room every night while men listening to MCR. Types of “emo” may vary. Not to be confused with goth.
"You're so goth." "No, I'm actually a emo."
By Emzi is a Phoenix
(Noun, Adjective) - A word of many uses, emo generally describes: A) A genre of [music] B) Style of fasion C) Lifestyle/subculture (NOTE - The following may be just slightly biased) Emo [music] (short for Emocore or Emotional Hardcore) is a derivitive of the [mid] 80's hardcore scene. Born in Washington D.C., early emo was a mix of hardcore [punk] with both emotional lyrics and performances, dominated by bands such as "Rites Of Spring" and "Embrace". By the late 90's, most original emo bands had disbanded or changed direction. From 2000 onwards, many bands have unwillingly or unrightfully been labled as emo, such as "Dashboard Confessional" and "Taking Back Sunday". Many "classic" emo fans and outsiders view modern emo [music] as warterd-down punk rock. Emo fasion or "the emo look" has a number of simple characteristics. For males, hair should be black (although dark red/brown is acceptable), greassy, have a long fringe and a bang covering one eye. For females, although dark hair is prefered, any colour is acceptable. While hair may be cleaner, it must still cover a large portion of the face. Black shirts and jackets are worn, although on rare occasions an emo may wear a grey or white hoodie. Jeans are the clothing of choice for the emo, although for males anything out of their sisters closet is fine. Footware is typically any sort of skating shoe. To complete the look, apply excessive amounts of eyeshadow (males and females), put on a pair of black horned glasses and start listening to your eyepod. Emo culture, dominated by middle to upper class suburban white teenagers, is characterised by weak [music], self loathing and melodrama. After listening to some emo [music] (generally, but not always shite), emo-[boy] will log onto [myspace] to talk to his emo friends. After blogging about how shit life is, how he fucking hates his [parents], and how the whole world hates him, he'll have a look at emo-girls [myspace] page. A quick look at the 17,000 photos she's uploaded (either of her looking into the distance, her looking up at the camera in a confused and drugfucked way or her at an emo gathering), emo-[boy] and emo-girl will chat to each other. The conversation quickly turns to how they are both alone and nobody understands them. Emo-[boy] has had enough of [myspace] (for a few minutes at least) and decides he is depressed. He writes a "deep and meaningfull" poem, before deciding to end it all. A quick slash of the wrists and it's time to sit in the dark and wait for the end to come. Unfortunately, he only drove the razor 2 milimetres into his skin, so there's a pretty good [chance] he'll be back at school next week, trying (not very hard) to hide his fresh scars and emotions.
"Wow, [dashboard] confessionaly are, soooooo [deep]" "Cheer Up emo-[kid]"
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