emophobe
emophobe noun: one who dislikes emo music and/or the emo subculture.
Noun
emophobe (plural emophobes)
- One who dislikes emo music and/or the emo subculture.
- Cloudy insight aside, the emo-phobes write catchy songs with a pop-punk flavor.2005 January 20, Chelsea Mueller, “The Letter Kills”, in Phoenix New 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...2006 November 2, August Brown, “Don’t get comfortable around them”, in Los Angeles Times
Forms of emophobe
| plural | emophobes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | emo-phobe |
Origin of emophobe
From emo + -phobe.
Questions about emophobe
- What does emophobe mean?
- Emophobe means one who dislikes emo music and/or the emo subculture.
- What part of speech is emophobe?
- Emophobe is a noun.
- What is the plural of emophobe?
- The plural of emophobe is emophobes.
Words near emophobe in the dictionary
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