emokid

English

Alternative forms
  • emo-kid

Etymology

emo +‎ kid

Noun

emokid (plural emokids)

  1. (slang) A young member of the emo music scene or subculture.
    • 1999 November, Jeff Salamon, “Emotional Rescue”, in Spin, page 144:
      Their major-label debut, For Your Own Special Sweetheart, became a touchstone for many emokids—a bracing hardcore record that used studio-savvy production to focus the band’s ferocity and intelligence.
    • 2002, Kiera Ormut-Fleishman, "Spittin' in my eye", The Innis Herald (Innis College, Toronto, ON), September 2002, page 4:
      If you like emo, your chances are good that this Karate will deliver that kick to the heart that emokids so desire and musicphiles lust after.
    • 2014, Valentina Gueorguieva, “Subcultural Styles and Ideologies on the Market of Identities”, in Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo; Ángel Mateos-Aparicio, editor, Constructing Selves: Issues in Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Nation‎, page 110:
      In the absence of a home-grown musical scene, Bulgarian emokids find expression of their inner selves in particular fashion items available on the market.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:emokid.
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