what the f***'s an EMO?

Question

I keep seeing this word. What does it mean? I think I need to get with the times.

Answer 1

someone who is emotional and ushally cuts themselves on the wrist, thigh, etc. because they like the feeling of pain. A lot of emos are skaters and goths.

Answer 2

Emo was a type of music, it was the emotional music that talked about emotions and such. Now people who listen to it have been labelled "emo". Some people say they cut there wrists and are suicidal, others say its the people who listen to screamo and punk music or dress sort of gothy. They usually talk about how there life is not good and the world is horrible. Or a combination. The on thing to remember is its just a stereo type, that is usually used very incorrectly. Just because someone wears black nail polish or wears mostly black does not mean they are emo.

Answer 3

Hi, an emo person is tipically a kid who dresses in dark clothing and trys to act as though the world is going to end. Its basically a "fad" kids think people will be more excepting of them. Its really nothing at all, just a fad. Its more or less about fashion, the tight pants, the dark heavy meatal shirts, the combed over hair. You will see in a few years NO one will even care what an emo is. Being Bisexual usually comes with the trend.

Answer 4

Don't listen to these idiots. Emo doesn't mean you slit your wrists, you're depressed, or have no friends. Emo is more or less a fashion statement, characterized by the way you dress, what kind of music you listen to, etc. Emo people tend to wear more wild colors in clothing, sport different styles than most people, and listen to "emo" music from bands with lower key, more heartfelt and emotional lyrics and tone than most bands.

Check out the link below. I worked in a radio station that had that picture ripped out of a magazine posted on the wall. That will give you an idea of what an "emo" is. The band 'Straylight Run', for example, would probably be classified as "emo", because they just play "emotional" music.

Answer 5

They are whiny little kids who think that breaking up with their bf/gf of 2 months ruined their lives so they slit their wrists. Then they dress in dark colors so they can get attention from the normal people - however I dont think any of them are smart enough to know that having pale skin, goofy hair, and ugly clothes will get you nowhere in life. I am sorry but follow God, get a job, volunteer, and make friends . . . oh yeah one more thing, BE SOCIAL AND QUIT CUTTING - nobody feels bad for you . . . Emo's are making a very dangerous habit popular, in 5 years 1/2 of teenagers are going to start slitting their wrists cuz of these morons.

Answer 6

I have NO idea why this is in the Christmas section, but I'll still answer.

A) Let http://www.urbandictionary.com become your friend. If you search "emo" on there, you will get definitions!
B) One defintion:
Emo 25763 up, 7186 down

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.

::sniff sniff:: "The Demise of the Siberian Traintracks of Our Rusty Forgotten Unblemished Love" sounds like it would make a great emo band name. ::cry::

Answer 7

are you mad?you don't know what emo is?
emos have been around for ages and are teenagers with nothing to do except slit their wrists, have dark hair across their face, hang around only with other emos, hate their lives, listen to emotional rock music, think they are cool, the list goes on

wemos on the other hand are even worse. wemos are people trying to be cool by trying to be emo but not fully. they put loads of emo music on their mp3 player and then secretly listen to spice girls when they get home. they draw slit marks on their wrists and basicly are fake.

Answer 8

Emo stands for emotional. People who like to wear black dark eyeliner as well as fingernail polish. They like to talk about how the world is ending and how no one loves them and things suck. The extreme ones like to cut themseleves because they say it shows them they can still feel. Emo is the new gothic they are sissys who think being depressed makes them cool it is sad.

Answer 9

well emo stands for emotional there's also music like that and an emo person doesn't have to cut themselves or anything its just that they get so emtional that they don't know how to deal with it so they cut themselves pretty much the music makes them more emotional they where black some do drugs and so on

Answer 10

Emo = emotional

It's one of those stereo typical names that have been used over the years same as goth and skater etc it's just kids expressing themselves and why shouldn't they i mean it would be boring if everyone followed everyone else.

Answer 11

Emo kids are NOT metal, they are a disgrace to metal and music in general. They whine all the time about being "depressed" although they really aren't. They try to fit in by dressing in all black with their bangs combed over to one side and draw on themselves with ink. They are posers, in other words. They think they are cool because they literally cry. Emo music is mainly about suicide and little pansy problems like breaking up with a girlfriend.