emo

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see also: Emo

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR: ēʹ-mō IPA: /ˈi.moʊ/

Noun

emo

1. (uncountable, music, early 1990s) A particular style of hardcore punk rock
2. (countable, early 1990s) An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.
3. (uncountable, music, late 1990s-current) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
4. (countable, late 1990s-current) An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.
5. (countable, 2000s) A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.

Translations

• Russian: э́мо

Adjective

emo

1. (often, pejorative) Emotional; sensitive.
2. (informal, often, pejorative) Depressed.
   • 2008, Vanity Fair (issue 578)

     Criticism drapes a black velvet cape across the puddle that interrupts the path to change, to be emo about it.

3. Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.
   • 2007, James A. Reinking, Robert Von Der Osten, Strategies for successful writing

     The one thing everyone agrees on is that they've never encountered a band that claimed to be emo.

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Emo

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Proper noun

1. A village in Ireland.

Proper noun

1. A township in Ontario.

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