EMO
What is this word? EMO? I don't get it. I have run into it in many of my pop culture indulgences (see e.g. "The O.C." season three, Marissa refers to Seth as Summer's "EMO boyfriend") and heard young-ins mention it (i.e. "EMO rock"). Is is short for emotional? Does it carry a negative connotation? In the above examples, the context clues seem to indicate that it is not a positive descriptive term.
Am I totally out of it? Too old to get it? Should it be in all caps? Not sure why I wrote it that way.
I am going to have to look into this - i.e. google it. In the meantime, here is a picture of Jillian disguised as a pink burrito. Try not to get too EMO while looking at it.
posted by mu-galto @ 11:49 AM
3 Comments:
I dated a guy in high school who was in a band that went on to be dubbed "seminal emo-core". Mainly, it was whiny. And very very very earnest. A toxic combo.
Your baby, on the other hand, is freakin' perfec'.
I think it is short for "emotional," and it is an extremely whiny, annoying form of music. I got strongarmed into attending an "emo" concert in about 1999, which I now think was actually that guy from Bright Eyes who I gather is now fairly successful, but anyway it was hideous and made me want to stick shards of glass in my ears. Keep that baby away from the emo!!
Was your relationship filled with drama? I would guess that someone who pioneered emo-core would bring the drama. Just stick to the duran duran...
I will definitely keep this baby away from the emo, in all its hideous forms.
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