Goth vs Oth - What's the difference?
goth | oth |
(uncountable) A punk-derived subculture of people who predominately dress in black.
* {{quote-song
, year = 2005
, title = Goth Girls
, composer = (MC Frontalot)
, album = Nerdcore Rising
, url = http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=lyrics&lyricid=14
}}
(uncountable, music) A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
(countable) A person who is part of the goth subculture.
Relating to this music or these people.
*{{quote-book, year=1590, author=, title=Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, chapter=, edition=1921 ed.
, passage=They bring them wines of Greece and Araby,[*] And daintie spices fetcht from furthest Ynd,[*] To kindle heat of corage privily: And in the wine a solemne oth they bynd 35 T' observe the sacred lawes of armes, that are assynd. }}
As nouns the difference between goth and oth
is that goth is a member of the east germanic tribe, who invaded the roman empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries while oth is .goth
English
(Goth subculture)Noun
(en noun)- I think that goth could flower in nerdcore's embrace.
- I converted Edward Gorey's lettering into a typeface,
- befriended vampires on LJ and MySpace,
- even put that spooky echo filter on the bass
- Philip had been into goth for many years.
- We saw a solitary goth hanging out on the steps of the train station.
Adjective
(head)- With her black clothes and dyed hair, Melanie looked very goth compared to her classmates.
Derived terms
* cybergoth * gothness * goth up * mallgothSee also
* gothic * Gothic ----oth
English
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