What does 'EMO' mean

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Dark_Clandestine_Bat

Rellik San

A.Box.Of.Sharp.Objects

-Isel-

Xyloid

Emotive Hardcore.

Started in the underground DC area around 1985-86.

Rites of Spring, composed of members of popular punk rock bands.

Spawed emo, post emo, and hardcore by 1993.

Genre died about 1997.

Now the word is abused by "suicidal" 14 year olds that "hate" their life.

14 is old for "emo". I was thinking 11-13.

I once saw a 10-year-old... thing.

I thought the steryotypical emo was 17-16-15 ish

Nope Isel's right, the average age of people requesting to join is about 11-13 these days.

my fav band is emo and there all 23,23,25, and 28

But i think that bands are different.  

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Dark_Clandestine_Bat

Rellik San

A.Box.Of.Sharp.Objects

-Isel-

Xyloid

Emotive Hardcore.

Started in the underground DC area around 1985-86.

Rites of Spring, composed of members of popular punk rock bands.

Spawed emo, post emo, and hardcore by 1993.

Genre died about 1997.

Now the word is abused by "suicidal" 14 year olds that "hate" their life.

14 is old for "emo". I was thinking 11-13.

I once saw a 10-year-old... thing.

I thought the steryotypical emo was 17-16-15 ish

Nope Isel's right, the average age of people requesting to join is about 11-13 these days.

my fav band is emo and there all 23,23,25, and 28

What do bands have to do with the people that join?
I really don't think you listen to any Emo music.  

[YourGuardianAngel18]

Half my school are emo wannabees. It's so stupid how hard they try and in the end they can't be emo.  

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YourGuardianAngel18

Half my school are emo wannabees. It's so stupid how hard they try and in the end they can't be emo.

Kind of like anyone else, seeing how you can't be Emo.  

[Seychelles-chan]

Topic: What does "emo" mean?


I think "Emo" means easily misunderstood, mysterious.

You really don't have to cut yourself to be emo. It's like stereotyping.
I'm emo...but that's because I like darkness, mysterious things, and anything black, (and yes i'm a bit emotional). So basically emo means anything from dark to mysterious. In my case anyways.


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[Orbit_white_chewing_gum]

well lets think this out......emo directly derives from the word emotional doen't eet??? eet just means your open with your emotions...
i forget who eet was, but someone posted that it started as a music trend or something like that...??? that's the theory i go most with since that's what i've been told by several people...<3

 

[The Dadalorian]

you need to spell it right lol  

[RedChris93]

I think all emo is is being yourself but expressing strong emotions. You don't have to act or dress a certain way to be emo. you don't have to listen to a certain type of music. You're just a person who has strong emotions. Stereotypical people all ruin the meaning...that's just what I think...  

[Black Mage Meifa]

To be completely clear, I read a report somewhere that emo doesn't really have a deffinite meaning. I know that it originated from around the DC area and such. But to be completely honest, nobody knows exactly what "emo" means. It can be a fashion, lifestyle(etc.) Whatever you believe. And that reason right there makes the definition confusing, yet, very interesting that you can have your own biased opinions on it. ^^  

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Light_Goddess_Hikari

Topic: What does "emo" mean?


I think "Emo" means easily misunderstood, mysterious.

You really don't have to cut yourself to be emo. It's like stereotyping.
I'm emo...but that's because I like darkness, mysterious things, and anything black, (and yes i'm a bit emotional). So basically emo means anything from dark to mysterious. In my case anyways.


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You and your ******** "satanic kitties" joke pisses me off.

Go slit your throat for me.  

[Enter My Hatred]

Emo means fan of Emotive Hardcore.
The same was as Punks are fans of Punk Rock and Goths are the fans of Goth Rock.
Funnly enough, Goth and EmoCore spawned out of Punk which carried on with the trend as using part of the name to lable their fans.
Emotive Hardocre has evolved from Introspective lyrics to Hardcore punk, to just the Introspective lyircs.
The Genre is still on going with bands such as: From Autumn To Ashes.  

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jidfurikuri

well lets think this out......emo directly derives from the word emotional doen't eet??? eet just means your open with your emotions...
i forget who eet was, but someone posted that it started as a music trend or something like that...??? that's the theory i go most with since that's what i've been told by several people...<3

EMO DOES NOT MEAN BLASTED EMOTIONAL!
Good god people.  

[-Isel-]

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jidfurikuri

well lets think this out......emo directly derives from the word emotional doen't eet??? eet just means your open with your emotions...
i forget who eet was, but someone posted that it started as a music trend or something like that...??? that's the theory i go most with since that's what i've been told by several people...<3

EMO DOES NOT MEAN BLASTED EMOTIONAL!
Good god people.

Wikipedia

Emo is a somewhat ambiguous slang term most frequently used to describe a fashion or subculture derived from hardcore punk fashion and its subculture. The slang term emo is best known for its fashion style[1] and attitude. Emo may describe this fashion or music, or a general emotive state (as in to "feel emo"). It is also, sometimes pejoratively, used to identify someone fitting a particular emo stereotype or category.

As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of music that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture. Whereas, even in the past, the term emo was used to identify a wide variety of bands, the breadth of bands listed under today's emo is even more vast, leaving the term "emo" as more of a loose identifier than as a specific genre of music.

Wiktionary

Etymology
Abbreviation of emotional hardcore.


Noun
Singular
emo
Plural
countable and uncountable; emos


emo (countable and uncountable; plural emos)

(uncountable)

A particular style of hardcore punk rock (Usage: early 1990s)
Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional - (Usage: late 1990s-current)
(countable)

An individual or group of people associated with the subculture and musical style of definition (1) - (Usage: early 1990s)
An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of definition (2)- (Usage: late 1990s-current)
A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo - (Usage: 2000s)

Emo (Ioma in Irish) is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located near Portlaoise on the R422 regional road just off the N7 Dublin–Limerick road.  

[strawberryfizz]

Isnt there an Emo Canada?