emo
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of emocore.
Pronunciation
Noun
emo (countable and uncountable; plural emos)
- (uncountable, music, early 1990s) A particular style of hardcore punk rock
- (countable, early 1990s) An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.
- (uncountable, music, late 1990s-current) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
- (countable, late 1990s-current) An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.
- (countable, 2000s) A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.
Translations
music
Adjective
emo (comparative more emo, superlative most emo)
- (often pejorative) Emotional; sensitive.
- (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.
- 2008, Vanity Fair (issue 578)
- 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.
- 2012, Megan Bostic, Never Eighteen
- Trevor looks kind of emo, rail thin, dark hair, guyliner, wears black all the time.
- 2007, James A. Reinking, Robert Von Der Osten, Strategies for successful writing
Derived terms
- emotard
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Etymology
From emä (“mother (archaic), womb”).
Noun
emo
Declension
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Declension of emo (type valo)
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Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”). Cognate with Lithuanian imu, Old Church Slavonic имѫ (imǫ) and possibly Old Armenian իմանամ (imanam). Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take or give ones due”), with its descendants English nim, Danish nemme, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, West Frisian nimme.
Verb
present active emō, present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine emptum.
- (transitive) I buy, purchase.
- A: "Illum pomum emere quaero." B: "Ita, posses tu, hac est."
- A: "I'd like to buy this fruit tree." B: "So, you may, here it is."
- A: "Illum pomum emere quaero." B: "Ita, posses tu, hac est."
- (figuratively) I acquire, procure.