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Does anybody know what emo and uber means?

2006-10-10 06:13:34 · 3 answers · asked by Frankie D 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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Emo is a slang term used to describe a range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music and its related scene. As an adjective, emo can describe a style of fashion or music; or a general state of unhappiness or melancholy (as in "to feel emo"), as those stereotyped of emo are often unhappy, think they are misunderstood, and may have mild paranoia. Emo is also used as a noun, often pejoratively, to identify a member of the "emo scene" or someone viewed as fitting the "emo" stereotype.

The word über comes from the German language. It is a cognate of both Latin super and Greek ύπερ (hyper), as well as English over (as in "overkill"). During the late 1990s, über also became a synonym for super; e.g. übercool = supercool, generally with a slightly intensified meaning. Über is commonly written as uber in English, though with slightly different meaning.

2006-10-10 06:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by skatoolaki 3 · 2 0

Emo (E-mow) - It's s punk/goth/thrift store fashion. And it's a kind of music. Most people steryotype emos as people who slit thier wrists with razorblades and always being sad. But thier not. Music wise, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Hawthorn Hieghts, and more are labled emo.
Uber (oo-ber) - Is short for super.

2006-10-13 00:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by microwavesafemonkey 2 · 0 0

not really.

2006-10-10 13:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by khafan 2 · 0 0

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