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goth

goth

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A person who wears dark clothes, uses dramatic makeup, and likes gothic music
  • noun
  • /ɡɔθ/
: gótico
  • At the concert, I noticed she was dressed in full goth style, complete with dark clothing and dramatic makeup.
  • punk and goth
  • Goth kid
  • Goth chick

And that's like goth mate, fuck you.

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Examples

  • Ah, but we're Goth, the next generation.

  • The restricted palette of her wardrobe bespoke a shared allegiance to all things Goth.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • And I ended up kind of with that more, I guess, traditional sort of goth make up.

  • What more could a Goth kid ask for?

  • I love how it had the goth look and feel of the movie!

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  • I guess I would describe my style as goth inspired.

  • I do my own goth makeup.

  • When I went to the audition, I went in full goth makeup, which is why I think I got that part.

  • My daughter went from a wannabe wild child into the whole goth thing to a wonderful Christian.

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  • Besides, it's goth night.

Synonyms

goff
vsgoth
  • Slang
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A person who wears dark clothes and likes gothic music

is the standard, non-slang term for that same dark-style subculture

Antonyms

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The ideas and activities most people accept as normal

How Gothic

gothicism
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goth
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Surface Forms

goth singular
goths plural

Etymology

Goth comes from Gothic, a name first used for the old people called the Goths and later for a 'dark' medieval style in buildings and stories. In the 1970s musicians and fashion designers used Gothic for a dramatic, dark look, so a goth today is someone who likes that dark style and music.