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emo | eco |

As a proper noun eco is

(label) (mythology).

emo

English

(wikipedia emo)

Noun

  • A particular style of hardcore punk rock
  • An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.
  • Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
  • An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.
  • A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (often, pejorative) Emotional; sensitive.
  • (informal, often, pejorative) Depressed.
  • * 2008 , Vanity Fair (issue 578)
    • Criticism drapes a black velvet cape across the puddle that interrupts the path to change, to be emo about it.
  • Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.
  • * 2007 , James A. Reinking, Robert Von Der Osten, Strategies for successful writing
    • The one thing everyone agrees on is that they've never encountered a band that claimed to be emo .
  • * 2012 , Megan Bostic, Never Eighteen
    • Trevor looks kind of emo , rail thin, dark hair, guyliner, wears black all the time.

    Derived terms

    * emotard

    Anagrams

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    eco

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of ecology

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
  • * {{quote-news, 2008, December 28, Lucy Siegle, Why older isn't always wiser, The Observer citation
    • , passage=Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point

    Etymology 2

    From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of Economic Community of West African States.

    • Anagrams

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