what does "EMO" mean???

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Permalink Reply by GUNOTKILLER on May 28, 2009 at 11:43am

LMAO!! stupid american...

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Permalink Reply by Adot (BoyBetterKnow) on May 28, 2009 at 10:33am

Emo (pronounced /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a style of rock music typically 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 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 more aggressive subgenre "screamo". In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multiplatinum acts such as Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance and disparate groups such as Coheed and Cambria and Panic at the Disco.

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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Permalink Reply by Adot (BoyBetterKnow) on May 28, 2009 at 10:34am

Today emo is commonly tied to both music and fashion as well as an inspiration toward the emo subculture and the term "emo" is sometimes stereotyped with tight jeans on males and females alike, long fringe (bangs) brushed to one side of the face or over one or both eyes, dyed black, straight hair, tight t-shirts (usually short-sleeved) which often bear the names of emo bands (or other designer shirts), studded belts, belt buckles, canvas sneakers or skate shoes or other black shoes and in some cases thick, black horn-rimmed glasses.This fashion has at times been characterized as a fad.Early on, emo fashion was associated with a clean cut look but as the style spread to younger teenagers, the style has become darker, with long bangs and emphasis on the colour black replacing sweater vest. In recent years the popular media have associated emo with a stereotype that includes being emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, or angst-ridden. It is also associated with depression, self-injury, and suicide.

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Permalink Reply by The AquariaN PrincE on May 28, 2009 at 10:35am

Props Adotaman I was curious what Emo meant too.

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Permalink Reply by SIZZLE-FUCKERY IS FOR SUCKAS!!! on May 28, 2009 at 10:38am

SO HOW IS IT USED IN HERE IF THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM???^^^

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Permalink Reply by Adot (BoyBetterKnow) on May 28, 2009 at 10:42am

lol they are evolving

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Permalink Reply by ♥Brii Brii<Oh So Fckn Official♥ on May 28, 2009 at 10:53am

Lol Emo Just Means Your Emotional Bout Shit A Lot Mainly You May Have Prollems Wheither Your Gay,Depressed Watever


Oh N Great Word Of StereoType But The Stero Type Is Wrong.........


They Just Put It Into The Fashion Style


But Just Cus Your Emo Doesnt Mean Your Dressing Goth Or So Called Emo..............

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Permalink Reply by I.S.L.P. (Cool For Thought) on May 28, 2009 at 10:58am

Lupe isnt emo

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Permalink Reply by I.S.L.P. (Cool For Thought) on May 28, 2009 at 11:02am

Tight clothes and skateboarding doesnt make you emo though...

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Permalink Reply by I.S.L.P. (Cool For Thought) on May 28, 2009 at 11:07am

You just deleted your comment.. where you said.."I consider Lupe emo because he wears tight clother and skateboards"

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Permalink Reply by Neal on May 28, 2009 at 12:39pm

yea skateboarding is prolly one of the most hardcore extreame sports, ive skated all my life and ill put my hands on a cop in a mintue if they come close and try and take by skateboard....skaters around where i live are hated more than fuckin drug dealers....dont fuck with the real skateboarders.....Look up Mike Valelly, fuckin takes on 4 dudes at one time and fucks them all up...so if anybody gets the impression that skaters are "soft" u got it twisted, we just dont give a fuck! peace im out

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Permalink Reply by ♥Brii Brii<Oh So Fckn Official♥ on May 28, 2009 at 11:13am

Exactly Emo Was Put Into A Style But Thats Not What Emo Is............Bcus Ppl May Not Dress Emo Or Goth But They Still May Be Emo.......

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