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Emo culture has some exclusive terminology, they also have some other phrases that came from the early 2000s. Some you may know and use, some you might have heard and some you may have had no idea about.

Below is a list of words and their meanings to help you out;

This post contains swearing and mentions of SH.

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Bae: A shortened version of 'baby'. Used as a term for a partner or as an adjective for something you like/an attractive person. "She's so bae."

Biatch: Bitch. A word to describe someone you don't like. "Shes such a biatch."

Cutting: The act of self harm, slitting your wrist. Don't cut please x

Crashy: Classy, but trashy. Someone whos attractive and dress in revealing/trashy outfits but have high standards. "Shes cute, but crashy."

Crunk: Excited, hyped up and/or intoxicated. Also a genre of music. "Down to get crunk tonight?"

Dayger: A daytime rager, a party being held during daylight. "Did you get the dayger invite?"

Emo: Someone typically with black hair and clothing who listens to emo music. We all know that's a stereotype. "He's totally emo, he loves Pierce."

Fetch: Something that looks cool, nice, good or expensive. "Your outfit is so fetch."

Fer Shur: For sure. "Oh I'm fer shur down."

Gucci: Anything cool, great or top. "That outfit is gucci."

Kickback: A small get-together between friends or a party. "Come! It's kickback."

Leet/L33T: Leetspeak/L3375P34K, 'elite speak'. "<4N U 3V3N 234D L337?"L33T: 101- Coming soon ;) Follow the blog x

Legit: 100% "Yeah legit down for tomorrow."

LELZ: Another way of spelling LOL (laugh out loud). "Lelz!"

Mood/Feels: A way to say 'I feel you'. "You're upset? Mood."

Noob: A poorly skilled person and/or game player. "You're such a noob, you've lost four times."

Normie: Someone who isn't in the scene/a 'normal' person. "Did you see that normie? Who wears pink?"

PLUR: Peace. Love. Unity. Respect- an exchange of a bracelet. "You wanna PLUR?"

Poser: Someone who tries to fit in with the emo fashion and culture just for attention or popularity. "You're just a poser, you don't even like punk."

Peeps: People. "What you peeps up to?"

Pwned: To dominate and/or defeat something. Same as saying 'get owned'. "Get pwned dude."

Rawr: A cute sound, happy/cute imitation of a roar, or used to express attraction/say 'I love you'. "Heh rawr <3"

Sadboi/boy Sadgurl/girl: A person who is open about his emotions, especially sadness, and channels their sadness through music, art or poetry. "He's a sadboi, legit."

Screaming: Being really happy/excited about something. "Internally screaming right now."

Sick: Cool/awesome. "Dude, that kickflip? sick."

Smexy: Another way to say sexy. "Omg he's so smexy."

Straight Edge: Refraining from using drugs, alcohol and tobacco/cigarettes. "Can't smoke right now, gone straight edge."

Totes: Totally. "Yeah totes down for tomorrow."

Trashy: A 2000s fashion style that usually includes things like, bold makeup, rhinestones and jewels, animal prints, faux fur and matching tracksuits. It can also be used to describe normie wear or clothing that looks- well, trashy. "Look at that juicy tracksuit, so trashy."

Turnt: Excited, hyped up and/or high. "I got totes turnt up last night."

Wannabe: Someone that thinks they are emo but aren't. They claim to like the same music, wear the clothing and say stereotypical things like 'I <ut myself'. (ugh). "I can't believe she's such a wannabe."

ZOMG: A more ramped up version of OMG (oh my god). "ZOMG no way?!"

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