[zerosix]

My first thought was what on earth is an "emo" (then realized "it" must surely be a "he" or "she?")

After scrolling down and seeing the photo of "someone," I'm still not certain "what on earth is an emo?"

Iraq's teens aren't cutting their hair to resemble emus, are they?

[momtothree]

“... what on earth is an emo?”

I have a teen (NOT emo) and I asked him the same question. From my understanding, it stands for emotionally distraught/disturbed. They wear black because life sucks. They listen to emo music which is about how difficult life is and that it sucks. Essentially, they are teens that that choose this type of image since they don’t fit into the jock/brain/popular crowd. Lots of black make-up, dye for their hair, black clothing that represents a living death. (now... aren’t you glad you asked?!) Mom