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[[Image:Emo fashion kid.png|thumb|150px|right|Stereotypical emo fashion, portrayed in the style of common American [[signage]].]]
'''Emo''' ([[IPA chart for English|pronounced]] {{IPA|/ˈiːmoʊ/}}) is a somewhat ambiguous [[slang]] term most frequently used to describe a fashion or subculture linked to [[post-hardcore]] fashion and its subculture. The slang term emo is best known for referring to fashion style<Ref>[http://www.dobi.nu/emo/ Dobi.nu/emo]</ref> and attitude. ''Emo'' may describe this [[fashion]] or [[emo music]], or a general emotional state (as in to "feel emo"). It is also, sometimes pejoratively, used to identify someone fitting a particular emo [[stereotype]] or category.
'Emo' as a term is now sometimes used in a negative and/or derogatory fashion.
FUCK EMOS
==Personality==
When referring to a person's personality and attitude, most definitions of ''emo'' hold that an emo person is emotionally candid, sensitive, shy, introverted, glum, and quiet.<ref name="gurl magazine"/> Depression and broken-heartedness are sometimes used to describe the emo personality. The factuality of broken-heartedness as a personality trait stems from the opinion that emo music contains multiple references to unrequited love, emotional and relationship problems.
===Poetry===
Emo personality is also often connected with writing poetry that addresses: [[confusion]], [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[loneliness]], the [[futility]] of [[life]], and [[anger]], all resulting from the world's inability to understand the author. Emo poetry usually combines a highly emotional [[Tone (literary)|tone]] and [[stream of consciousness writing]] with a simple (''ABAB'') or nonexistent [[rhyme scheme]], references to the flesh, especially the [[heart]], heavy use of dark or depressing [[adjective|adjectives]], and concern over the mutability of time, love, or both. A common theme is the author's feeling that life is pain, or how misunderstood the author feels.<ref name="guide">{{cite web | last=Zafran | first=Wan | date=[[November 14]], [[2006]] | title=A Guide To Emo Culture | work=The Idiot Behind the Iron Mask | url=http://wanzafran.com/2006/i-am-an-emo-mutant-part-1/ | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref>
Fuck EMos
==Fashion==
By almost all current definitions, Emo clothing is characterized by tight [[jeans]] on males and females alike, long [[Fringe (hair)|fringe (bangs)]] brushed to one side of the face or over one or both eyes, dyed black, straightened hair, tight [[t-shirt]]s which often bear the names of [[rock band]]s (or other designed shirts), studded [[belt (clothing)|belts]], belt buckles, canvas sneakers or [[skate shoes]] or other black shoes (often old and beaten up) and, if they wear glasses, they will often be thick, black [[horn-rimmed glasses]].<ref name="knot magazine"/><ref name="incendiary magazine"/><ref name="fourfa.com fashion tips">{{cite web | last=Radin | first=Andy | title=Emo fashion tips | work=What the heck *is* emo, anyway? | url=http://www.fourfa.com/fashion.htm | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref><ref name="gurl magazine">{{cite web | first="Marni" | title=Label it. .. emo | work=gURL | publisher=iVillage Inc | url=http://www.gurl.com/findout/label/pages/0,,673303,00.html | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref><ref name="how to dress emo 2.0 girls">{{cite web | last=Dobi | first=Rob | date=[[2005]] | title=Emo For Girls | url=http://www.dobi.nu/emo/girls.htm | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref><ref name="how to dress emo 2.0 boys">{{cite web | last=Dobi | first=Rob | date=[[2005]] | title=Emo For Boys | url=http://www.dobi.nu/emo/boys.htm | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref> Emo fashion has changed with time; early trends included haircuts similar to those worn by the [[Romulans]] and [[Vulcans]] in [[Star Trek]], tightly fitting sweaters, button-down shirts, and work jackets (often called gas station jackets).<ref name="fourfa.com fashion tips"/>
==Criticism==
In the years since emo music's rise in popularity, it has attracted criticism, often severe.<ref name="velvet">{{cite web | date=March 07, 2007 | title='Emo'-tional baggage | work=Whiskey & Notes | publisher=The Velvet Rope | url=http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/nightlife/archives/008007.html | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> The term ''emo'' itself is sometimes used [[pejorative]]ly, to suggest that the target is overly emotional.<ref name="gurl magazine"/> Emo has been characterized as a [[Fads and trends|fad]] that will be discarded and forgotten in the near future.<ref name="fairfield">{{cite web | last=Poretta | first=JP | date=March 03, 2007 | title=Cheer up Emo Kid, It's a Brand New Day | work=The Fairfield Mirror | url=http://media.www.fairfieldmirror.com/media/storage/paper148/news/2007/03/08/Entertainment/Cheer.Up.Emo.Kid.Its.A.Brand.New.Day-2762635.shtml | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> [[Emo (music)#The third wave (2000-present)|Recent trends in music]] has also been compared to the [[teen pop]] of 1990s [[boy band]]s.<ref name="fairfield"/><ref name="badger">{{cite web | last=Ouzts | first=Emily | date=March 07, 2007 | title=The Higher’s ''On Fire'' lacks spark, plummets to lyrical lows | work=The Badger Herald | url=http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2007/03/07/the_highers_on_fire_.php | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> Critics cast the music as lacking any artistic merit and/or musical skill, the fashion as "embarrassing," and the people as imagining or pretending that they lead harsh, painful lives when they actually live in comfortable, [[middle class|middle-]] to [[upper-class]] homes.
Members of the emo subculture are portrayed as [[melodrama]]tic, [[self-pity]]ing teenagers who pour their efforts into writing poetry. The current emo subculture has been called a "sad cariacature" of what it once was.<ref name="velvet"/>
Some have accused emo of celebrating [[self-injury|self-harm]], which those who do usually refer to "helping ease the pain<ref name="daily mail">{{cite web | last=Sands | first=Sarah | date=[[August 16]], [[2006]] | title=EMO cult warning for parents | work=[[The Daily Mail]] | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400953&in_page_id=1770 | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref>. However, physical trauma triggers the release of [[Beta-endorphin|beta-endorphins]], which improves relaxation and reduces physical pain. Some assert that within some emo circles it is ''[[Cool (aesthetic)|cool]]'' to pretend to be suicidal and self-harming.<ref name="fairfield"/> Critics have gone so far as to contend that the emos influence is likely to cause youth to commit [[suicide]].<ref name="daily mail"/><ref name="fairfield"/>
==Grammatical usage==
{{wiktionary|emo}}
The word ''emo'' can be used as either a [[noun]] or [[adjective]].<ref name="gurl magazine"/>
<br>Noun (singular): ''That person is an '''emo'''''.
<br>Noun (plural): ''Those people are '''emo(e)s'''''.
<br>Adjective (1): ''All my friends are '''emo'''''.
<br>Adjective (2): ''I feel pretty '''emo''' today''.
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