Definitions for emo
emo

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emonoun

   A particular style of hardcore punk rock

2. emonoun

   An individual or group of people associated with the subculture and musical style of definition (1)

3. emonoun

   Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional

4. emonoun

   An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of definition (3)

5. emonoun

   A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo

6. emoadjective

   Emotional; sensitive.

7. emoadjective

   Depressed.

8. emoadjective

   Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.

9. Etymology: Abbreviation of emocore.

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1. Emo

   Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of post-hardcore and hardcore punk from the mid-1980s Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace. In the early–mid 1990s, emo was adopted and reinvented by alternative rock, indie rock and/or punk rock bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, Cap'n Jazz, and Jimmy Eat World. By the mid-1990s, bands such as Braid, the Promise Ring, and the Get Up Kids emerged from the burgeoning Midwest emo scene, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the genre. Meanwhile, screamo, a more aggressive style of emo using screamed vocals, also emerged, pioneered by the San Diego bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow. Screamo achieved mainstream success in the 2000s with bands like Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, Story of the Year, Thursday, the Used, and Underoath. Often seen as a subculture, emo also signifies a specific relationship between fans and artists and certain aspects of fashion, culture and behavior. Emo fashion has been associated with skinny jeans, black eyeliner, tight t-shirts with band names, studded belts, and flat, straight, jet-black hair with long bangs. Since the early to mid 2000s, fans of emo music who dress like this are referred to as "emo kids" or "emos" and known for listening to bands like My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, The Used, and AFI. The emo subculture was stereotypically associated with social alienation, sensitivity, misanthropy, introversion and angst. Purported links to depression, self-harm and suicide, combined with its rise in popularity in the early 2000s, inspired a backlash against emo, with bands such as My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco rejecting the emo label because of the social stigma and controversy surrounding it. Emo and its subgenre emo pop entered mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and many artists signed to major record labels. Bands such as My Chemical Romance, AFI, Fall Out Boy and the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus continued the genre's popularity during the rest of the decade. By the early 2010s, emo's popularity had declined, with some groups changing their sound and others disbanding. Meanwhile, however, a mainly underground emo revival emerged, with bands such as The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die and Modern Baseball, some drawing on the sound and aesthetic of 1990s emo. During the late 2010s, a fusion genre called emo rap was mainstream, with some of emo rap's most famous artists including Lil Peep, XXXTentacion and Juice Wrld.

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1. Emo

   Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace. As the style was echoed by contemporary American punk rock bands, its sound and meaning shifted and changed, blending with pop punk and indie rock and encapsulated in the early 1990s by groups such as Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. By the mid-1990s numerous emo acts emerged from the Midwestern and Central United States, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the style. Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and the emergence of the subgenre "screamo". In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multiplatinum acts and groups with disparate styles and sounds. In addition to music, "emo" is often used more generally to signify a particular relationship between fans and artists, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture, and behavior.

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1. emonoun

   A skinny kid who listens to so-called "emotional" music. Likes to cry and cut themselves. Look like they have dead animals on their heads and wears their little sister's jeans and their big sister's eyeliner. "Emo is one step below transvestite." -- Andrew and John (The Emo Song)

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1. EMO

   What does EMO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the EMO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EMO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Emo is ranked #78316 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Emo surname appeared 244 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Emo.
   
   88.5% or 216 total occurrences were White.
   4.1% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.2% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for emo »

1. EOM

2. Moe

3. moe

4. moé

5. OEM

How to pronounce emo?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of emo in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of emo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of emo in a Sentence

1. Emo Phillips:

   People come up to me and say, "Emo, do people really come up to you?"

2. Pia Fajelagutan:

   Emo Mimes: They rock out to mute blank tapes next door.

3. Chelsea Peretti:

   I wanted to do' Oatmilk' like that cause the song was so full of yearning and sadness and I thought it would be funny for it to be really emo and sad.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Emo
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=emo
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html