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What is emo?

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my 11 year old son came home saying that a "emo" girl liked him. i didn't know what to say. i didn't know if that was bad or he was speaking derogatory towards someone. i have no idea what an 'emo' is, could someone please clarify?! thanks!!

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EMO means Emotional.

The stereotypical emo kids are the ones who always complain about life and think they have it bad and are depressed and think the world sux. They are similiar to gothic people but aren't gothic. They're kinda annoying cuz they are never happy and just bring ur mood down. They listen to depressing music and supposively cut themselves. They seek alot of attention.
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over emotional
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punk/skater/goth/person who loves black/spiky hair all blendid together
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Being that young it is probably a girl that dresses like a punk, or skater. But an EMO person is usually someone who cuts their rists, hates life, Reads sad poems, paints there nails black, and wears tight clothes. I know this is bad, but it's reality.
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I don't get it. I think it is very bad that young people are claiming this as a style. Since when do we glorify mental illness? I would not want my son associated with emo people at all. My guess is that some of the emo people are poser's (wannabe's) and not really emo. But why would anyone want to be emo? Probably these kids are borderline personality disorders. I am older and when I was fresh out of college I worked in a jail and these young inmates all bragged about how they have slept with so many women. Idk, it was eww! I would ask them do you really think that women will be impressed if you say you have slept with 100 and have babies with 4? Yuck, I hear that and I am running the other way wondering how many diseases he has.
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emo - short for "emotional." Emo is a broad title that covers a lot of different styles of emotionally-charged punk rock. Genre of soft-core punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who don't 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.
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short of emotion
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A emotional girl that eventually start to cut themselves on there hands to get the pain out, its common when u become older but a 11 yr old, idk...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

just cuz ur emo doesnt mean u cut!!!
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Emo is an overly emotional person. Mostly it is used to refer to gothic type people.
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emotional.
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Emotional.

People will say that they cut, are depressed, are poser goths, they have no life, no friends, and all this c**p. It may be true for some people, but not for all. People call me emo all the time, but I don't cut, I'm not depressed anymore (i have S.A.D), I'm called a goth too, but not a poser, have friends (most are preps) and i have a life (sometimes haha)

I listen to all types of music (mostly rap and rock)

I am usually happy, unless people P*ss me off
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emo is...

depressed

lonely

non emotional
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DON'T BELIEVE WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE SAY

emo means someone who likes heavy rock music and likes to wear black often, but that doesn't mean they cut wrists or anything. It's just they like that style. Don't think that this is a bad influence to your son, and make sure that he doesn't think that being emo is bad.
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They are like gothic.......
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I asked my kids this and they said the crazy goth kids. I dunno.
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Let me tell you the real thing considering I'm an ex-emo. I doubt this girl is emo it means you're gothic BUT you cut yourself. She is most likely SCENE! When you dress gothic but your not depressed or cut yourself. but your just unique and dress darkly, most of my friends are scene and were crazy happy people. Don't let him call girls that because of people that did that I'm doing home schooling it's a harsh world for us scene people...*sigh*

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