emo
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- adjective
- /ˈiːmoʊ/
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emo
- I listen to a lot of like pop punk, alternative emo music and it started with albums like these.
- an emo band
- emo rock
- emo punk
OK, they look super like kind of emo and like gothic sort of, but I love them.
- OK, they look super like kind of emo and like gothic sort of, but I love them.
- She's kind of rebranded herself now, Like not emo.
- I listen to a lot of like pop punk, alternative emo music and it started with albums like these.
- And his bar is very, how would you describe it, punk rock, Satanic, emo.
- We have the emo conspiracy club zip up hood.
- And like and like weird, like emo dance pants.
- Probably back in freshman year and the whole like seeing emo hair I was in.
- She sold her soul #Victorian glam, emo Morticia, wedding, bridal, fabulous everything.
- I want to be out in those emo streets, you know, and those are things that we talked about and we still do talk about on this podcast.
Examples
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She wore an emo outfit that featured skinny jeans and a band t-shirt.
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First of all, Warm Blankets sounds like a new emo band.
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Are you an emo person?
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OK, they look super like kind of emo and like gothic sort of, but I love them.
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A lot of it was, you know, the kind of emo and post pop punk era.
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My look is basically an emo punk, elegant goth.
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Jesse's one wrist tattoo of a star away from being an emo kid.
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Third-wave emo punk, if you insist on using labels.
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My eyes have gotten worse lately, but I think it's because my hair covers one of my eyes (how emo), so I clip it back now.
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There are a lot of parallels between the current "loosely-based punk" and indie-emo scene from 10 to 15 years ago, I think, and I'm enjoying it.
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Compounds
- Slang
A style or feeling of strong sadness shown in dark clothes, music, and moody photos
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emo comes from the music name emocore, a short form of 'emotional hardcore' that put strong personal feeling into songs. So emo as a style or subculture is about expressing deep emotion in music, clothes, and attitude.