ok i give up wtf does EMO stand for?

Question

whatever it means, its already overplayed all over the place lately.

Answer 1

as for what the actual letters stand for i am not sure but i know EMO means that they are kids/ppl that are posing to be like skaters ppl. Ppl or kids who dress and act like skate borders and where the skater shoes and clothing apperal and i know for a fact that they buy girls pants and where them b/c there are always TIGHT on them...ewww but yea thats what i see here where i live...hope this helps :)

Answer 2

The origin of the word emo itself is unclear. In a 1985 interview by Rites of Spring in Flipside, members of the band noted that some of their fans in DC were starting to call them "emo," arguably because of the state of emotion that the band displayed during their shows.

In later years, the word emo was viewed as a contraction of "emotional hardcore" or "emocore," which was the popular designation of the music genre.

A younger contingent argues that emo is a contraction for "emotive hardcore;" however, no primary source demonstrates the use of that term prior to the mid-1990s. Meanwhile, numerous sources cite the use of "emotional hardcore," dating back to the mid-to-late 1980s.

In recent years, as its use has come to define more than just the music, the word emo has often been viewed as short for "emotional."

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"). 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 easily being characterized by a straightened side-part hairstyle covering one eye.

Answer 3

Emo just means emotional, like music and the way someone is acting

Answer 4

You wanna understand what i think of honestly? that's extraordinary. i'm no longer asserting black human beings can in contrast to rock. i'm black and that i'm totally conscious genres of music are no longer race unique. that's whilst black emos and scene human beings straighten their hair and undertake a sort of gown it relatively is (permit's settle for it) approximately status out and getting interest. that's once I surely have a concern. As black human beings we stand out certainly- our hair texture and our pores and skin verify of that. there's no ought to purpose that confusing. Scene, punk, emo, goth, and so on is all approximately little poser white young infants attempting to stand out in sea of white faces. All i think of once I see a black goth or something is "there is somebody who hasn't embraced their background and organic splendor." and there is the actuality.

Answer 5

this is from dictionary.com

Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle.

Answer 6

someone just took the first 3 letters of emotional and used that as a new genre!

Answer 7

i dont think ive heard an emo song but ive seen pictures of the bands and i guess it means gay or fairy or some other derogatory name for a homosexual man

Answer 8

As far as I know, it's basically a pre-Goth form...

Answer 9

right there with ya baby!! I have no idea either lol

Answer 10

EMO stands for EMOTIONAL. aka GAY