- As I was complaining about something, a friend in my O-week said, “Dude, don’t be so emo.”
Emo
adjective; clipping
Emotionally unstable; whiny and annoying The word “emo” is now a music genre to describe the type of music that is melancholy and longing. Yet, the term has broken its exclusive tie with music and has broadened into a word meaning “whiny and annoying.” The term comes from the clipped version of emotional. When someone says, “Don’t get all emotional,” he or she wants you not whine.
Source : Conversation with a friend
Last modified: 10 June 2008