Call me ignorant,but what in the world does EMO mean?
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Emo may refer to:\n\nEmo (music), a subgenre of hardcore punk \nEmo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music \nEmo Philips, the American stand-up comedian. \n\nPersonally I opt for Emo Philips. Crazy dude!
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CLICK HERE:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emo#Etymology\n\nalso Emo may refer to:\n\nEmo (music), a subgenre of hardcore punk \nEmo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music \nEmo (album), an album by Screeching Weasel \nEmo (oil), an Irish oil company and filling station chain \nEmo's, a nightclub in Austin, Texas \nEmo Philips, an American stand-up comedian \nEmo, County Laois, a town in the Republic of Ireland \nEmo, Ontario, a town in Canada \nEric Moulds, wide receiver for the Houston Texans (formerly Buffalo Bills) (fan slang) \nHow to be: Emo, an internet movie explaining the subculture of emo and emo music \nKeith Emerson, famed British keyboardist/pianist \nVilla Emo, a 16th century villa by Andrea Palladio \nEmo Boy, a comic book by Steve Emond, published by Slave Labor Graphics \n"Emo", a song by blink-182 \n"Emo", a song by Hot Water Music \nEmo, a character in the movie Elephants Dream \nEmo, an abbreviation of given names like Emil and Emanuil
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Emo=emotinal, cut their wrist every freaking time they feel bad, hear Hawthorne Heights, MCR, ect, anything that is punk, heavy metal ect. wear really tight pants, black eyeliner, bangs are definitely emo, thick rimmed glases, hate their life, are bisexual, wear Vans of the wall, Converse all star, lotta stuff, but if you wanna hear it in a comedy, go see the emo song by andy and andrew :)
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ugh, yet another question like this. One thing you must realize is that emo started off with music. The emo scene came out of Washington DC and was popular in the 80's over the years the meaning of 'emo' has been distorted by people who took it too far. If you have to ask 'how to be an emo' then don't bother. If you don't know what it means at all and just see it as a way of fitting in with the kids who are supposedly 'emo'. Also for those who believe that being emo means that you slit your wrists and are depressed then you are way off base. That stereotype was created by people who took the meaning of emo to extremes. Emo came from bands who would get 'emotional' during shows and so it developed. How you take emo is your business but you shouldn't pretend to be something your not to impress anyone or to fit in. Besides fitting in is overrated and pointless. I suggest you do some much needed research and then look into a mirror and ask yourself if the person staring back is who you really are. \n\n\nIgnorance is bliss
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i dont know? but emos r f-ing HOTT!
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HAHAH lol actually emo comes from the term emotional, but it is actually more than that. Emo is the term used for the people who put in their IM names that they will kill themselves, and put pictures in their sites of them cutting themselves and taht sort of thing. Emo people who arent out for attention usually get picked on anyway and its kinda sad. But emo is just attention looking people who do it in the way that they say they are cutting themselves or going to commit suicide.
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Emo is a term for emotion based music.  Lots of angsty hurtness, you know?  I like it.  There's also screamo, which I'm definitely not a fan of.  It's emotion based "you broke my heart, I wish I was dead inside" mixed with metal-ish screaming.  Not my thing.
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D@mn those emos and scene kids. I heard now there's a new kind of emo called epps. Emo preps. Sucks huh.
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Basically, emo started as a musical movement around 1985.  It was an offshoot of punk music, but the lyrics were introspective, a first of that genre.  This earned it the nickname "emocore", or "emotional hardcore."  These bands include Embrace and Rites of Spring.  Later, this style progressed into more melodic music, like Sunny Day Real Estate and caP'n jazz.  Today, emo is used to describe an "alternative" trend, involving pop-rock music and a certain style of clothing.  Though emo is considered to have died out in 1995, kids continue to use the label on popular bands like My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday and Hawthorne Heights.
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EMOtional ... it's where they think it's cool to be depressed.   Over-wrought with emotions.  They are experiencing life and love for the first time and being overly melodramatic about it.  I'll update in a second with some funny links about this for you ... check back in a minute, OK ?\n\n/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92; UPDATED /&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;\n\nCheck the link below ... sorry, more links there, but the videos will do very good to inform you of what EMO culture really is ... a joke.
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Hey,I've heard that song,it's from Adam & Andrew. "I must be Emo". Yup,I saw them on myspace. Anyway....\nEmo started out as music. Now,it has it's own type of clothing. Tight pants,and the emo hair. Goths wear black. People who listen to rap wear baggy clothes. They all have their different styles. Everyone thinks their cool,everyone wants to be cool.They don't necessarily have to be form a certain group such as emo.
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Hawthorne Heights is concidered very 'emo' because of that.\nBut I really don't think 'emo' really means anything. Emo stands for emotional. Everybody has emotions. What makes people who like to classify them as having emotions different than everyone else?
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yeah, it stems from a type of music thats supposed to be very "stream of consciousness" and emotional. which is where the name comes from. \n\nits typically accompanied by a certain fashion too. the haircuts that are kinda hanging in your eyes, that you make sure your hair looks like you dont care how your hair looks. and when guys wear jeans that are skin tight, right down to the ankle. i work at a music store, and i know a kid who actually borrows his sisters pants. \n\nbut modern emo isnt really the same as what emo started as. its mostly rich white kids that are complaining about not being popular or not getting enough hugs as a kid.
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Emo could perhaps be the worst music assaulted on our senses today. The whole point it seems, is to sound as shitty as the previous band. You have to make sure you take 3 stupid words and put them together in a retarded fashion for your band name (note: try words like "november", "blood", "fashion"), Then have some jackass sing all high-pitched about some girl he likes at school, while the bass player tries his best to mimic Norwegian Death Metal all the while sounding like crap. Yes Emo is the new Butt-Rock and in 10 years time, sad looking 30 year-olds with bad haircuts, will be pumping gas in a My Chemical Romance t-shirt.
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What's an emo,  a geek?
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I keep hearing about Emo's. What the hell is an Emo? Since when is a kid who is all 'wah-wah-I-hate-my-life-' a new trend?
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Comes from 'emotional', and refers to a musical genre that descended from punk. Emocore and what my friend calls 'screamo' are sub-genres. The term also refers to the youth culture that follows this music and its trappings.\n\nMusical genres are difficult to define, and it's nearly impossible to do so when the styles are still being developed. It's like writing a history book without any distance and the perspective it provides. For instance, the First World War was not called so until there was a second. 'Post-modernism', a philisophical movement, is identified by its proponents as a separate movement, but I think it will be identified as a blip in the decline of modernism.\n\nOh, yeah, for examples of the music try Dashboard Confessional, Brand New, and Fall Out Boy. (my personal, completely subjective favorites from the genre)\n\n(caveat - I'm not a fan of the genre!)