emo?

[~Rebellious Rage~]

Why did the word emo come up? most people at my school keep on calling certain kids emo and that never happened before and now people where makeing emo clubs on YCM.

[Larxene]

Emo is a term for people who cut themselves, hate their life, and have most likely tried to kill themselves

[bozotehpwns]

Or people who want others to THINK thats what they do...it's all about the attention

[Dark]

EMO stands for the American word EMOtional. It is when people are "fed up" of there lives, and cut themselves to feel better. If someone calls you EMO, and you are not, just show them your wrists. Hopefully, your un-cut wrists.

[Kizzi]

Everyone else has said it.

 

BUT I HATE BEING CALLED AN EMO BECAUSE I HAVE LONG HAIR >_>

[~Rebellious Rage~]

I got called emo 9 times becouse it looks like I ware eyeliner and eye shadow.

[Sbamber]

Emo is a genre of music that originated from hardcore punk. It has since come to describe several variations of music with common roots and associated fashion and stereotypes. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which stemmed from the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon (In more recent years, the term "emotive hardcore" has been used to describe the period).

 

Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to refer to the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason had a more indie rock style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles. As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the mainstream style. As a result, the term "emo" became a vaguely defined identifier rather than a specific genre of music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see it can be music and/or Emo(tional).

It is also a fashion in clothes.

 

 

Today, however, Emo is more commonly tied to fashion than to music, and the term "emo" is sometimes stereotyped with tight jeans on males and females alike, long fringe (bangs) brushed to one side of the face or over one or both eyes, dyed black, straight hair, tight t-shirts (sometimes short sleeved) which often bear the names of emo bands (or other designer shirts), studded belts, belt buckles, canvas sneakers or skate shoes or other black shoes (often old and beaten up) and thick, black horn-rimmed glasses. Emo fashion has changed with time. Early trends included straight, unparted hair, tightly fitting sweaters, button-down shirts, and work jackets. This fashion has at times been characterized as a fad.

[~Rebellious Rage~]

nice sbamber did you find that online or did you just type it?

[Sbamber]

First to paragraphs online. Last paragraph I typed out because that is how it is at my school

[FindingTheEverlight]

Emo is a type of music and thats how the fans of the music dress, and that's it. Emo is depressing music, so it is generally envelopes kids into cutting themselves.

[MasterOfMagicians]

Emo is over-rated.

People need to grow the f*** up, realize its not going to be your way all the time. If you want it your way, go to f***ing Burger King. The suicide threats and the cutting and the black and the 'everybody hates me, nobody loves me' b/s is exactly that.

 

The world doesn't conform to you, nor does it give a flying f*** what you think about it. Its going to continue on whether you are here or not, so you can either shut up, deal with life, and move forward, or sit in your room and cry all day.

 

Either way, its not going to affect my life any.

[Death Metal]

Lemme tell you something my friend.

 

Emo = Emotional

 

Emo is probally the biggest bullcrap on earth. People always ask me if im an emo and that, my friend, pisses me off badly. I am a metalhead...I would rather die then listen to the filth they listen to. I despise emo and everything it stands for.

[Yasu]

Emo is a term for people who cut themselves' date=' hate their life, and have most likely tried to kill themselves

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I lol'd... don't ask :LOL:

[Poc]

Emo is a word ignorant people use to lable other people. "Emo" is not a lifestyle, and it hardly defines a genre of music. Its just a term some idiot came up with to use as an insult, became popular, and lost its actual meaning somewhere along the line.

[Pikachu]

Elmo

that explains everything...lol XD

[Father Wolf]

[Essa]

i've got a few emo friends but i'm a goth i may not enjoy life but i can't wait to see if my future is better life is full of surprises.

[CinnamonStar]

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