mall-goth

Noun

mallgoth (countable and uncountable, plural mallgoths)

1. (countable) Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth; now, a person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music, etc.
   • MallGoths are young in age, spending the majority of their time after school at the mall. […] MallGoths dress differently to seem "in the know," when, in actuality, they have no clue what Goth culture really is. To them, Goth is a fashion statement and nothing more.2007, Raven Digitalis [pseudonym?], “Goth”, in Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 35
2. (uncountable) The culture or fashion style adopted by such a person.
   • "The skull is all-purpose," said Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker. "It simultaneously refers to horror movies, to the Misfits and, by extension, all punk rock, and to a generalized culture of blackness and spookiness and the larger, mall-Goth culture."2006 July 27, David Colman, “The heyday of the dead”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2023