Ok Im getting old.. Whats Emo?

Answer 1

It's that fake sour cream stuff the junior high cafeteria puts on your baked potato. But it's spelled IMO.

And you're too pretty not to smile.

Answer 2

Yeah, I felt that way too. Still haven't got a good answer from anyone but apparently all those little teens and twenty-somethings you see all full of angst and all sad and depressed are said to be "emo". Has something to do with the music they listen to as well but I'm so freaking old I have no idea who any of those bands are! Near as I can tell, it's the softer side of Goth.

Answer 3

Join the club... I can't keep up with all the slang... but, here's what I found out:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Emo may refer to:
•Emo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes which have roots in emo music
•Emo (music), a subgenre of hardcore punk
•Emo (album), an album by Screeching Weasel
•Emo (oil), an Irish oil company and filling station chain
•Emo's, a nightclub in Austin, Texas
•Emo Philips, an American stand-up comedian
•Emo, County Laois, a town in the Republic of Ireland
•Emo, Ontario, a town in Canada
•Eric Moulds, wide receiver for the Houston Texans (formerly Buffalo Bills) (fan slang)
•Keith Emerson, famed British keyboardist/pianist
•Villa Emo, a 16th century villa by Andrea Palladio
•"Emo", a song by blink-182
•"Emo", a song by Hot Water Music
•Emo, a character in the movie Elephants Dream
•Emo, an abbreviation of given names like Emil and Emanuil
EMO may stand for:
•East Moriches, New York, a town in the United States, sometimes abbreviated to "EMO"
•Electronic Money Order, a type of online currency, or eCurrency
•Emergency Measures Organization, an agency of Canadian provincial government responsible for emergency preparedness
•Emergency Machine-Off operation, more commonly referred to as an Emergency Power-Off
•Extra Man Opportunity, a synonym for a lacrosse or hockey power play

Answer 4

emo - short for "emotional." Emo is a broad title that covers a lot of different styles of emotionally-charged punk rock.

Check out this website - it gives the history and stuff about the word emo..

Answer 5

those geeky glasses are sometimes associated with emo. and the guys wear tight clothes a lot of the time.


also, i think it's really horrible to stereotype emo kids as cutting themselves. i used to cut myself and i was almost a "prep"
actually, it's just stupid to label people, but the sad truth is it will always happen. sorry for being all opiniony, you're probably sorry you asked.

Answer 6

lol, I had to explain this to my parents too. They are the kids (guys especially) that wear extremely tight skinny pants and usually have longer hair with bangs to the side. Usually they're in a band. A lot of people think that they are really emotional and slit their wrists and stuff, but honestly, most don't.

If you are confused just go to the mall on Friday night, you'll get it.

Answer 7

subgenre of hardcore punk music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term (and which musicians should be so classified) has been the subject of much debate

Answer 8

go to myspace and look for the kids with a bunch of hair over their face looking totally pathetic.
Emo talk:
girlfriend: C'mon, lets have sex.
boyfriend: I'm too sad to have sex.
girlfriend: I'm sad too; lets have sex and cry.
boyfriend: I'm already crying.

Answer 9

emo- wears black, cut wrist in a vain attempt at attention, they hate everything popular.

Answer 10

It was originally a type of music I think, but then it became a fad, andnow its cool to be emotional.