emophobe

English

Alternative forms

• emo-phobe

Etymology

emo +‎ -phobe

Noun

emophobe (plural emophobes)

1. (informal, rare) One who dislikes emo music and/or the emo subculture.
   • 2005 January 20, Chelsea Mueller, “The Letter Kills”, in Phoenix New Times:

     Cloudy insight aside, the emo-phobes write catchy songs with a pop-punk flavor.

   • 2006 November 2, August Brown, “Don’t get comfortable around them”, in Los Angeles Times:

     When Tim Kinsella, of the pioneering indie rock groups Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, wrote a scathingly sarcastic editorial in the emo-centric magazine Alternative Press imploring every band inside to break up, Bemis bristled at Kinsella’s cynicism, calling him a “self-hating emophobe” in a letter to the magazine.

   • 2014 December 24, Joshua Levine, “Soundbites”, in Tuscon Weekly:

     But Greene's ingratiating persona and understated (for this style of music) metaphors should remain grounded enough to not deter even the most gung-ho emo-phobes.