Emoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of emotional. Compound emocore first attested in 1986. Word emo first attested in 1988.

発音

• (米国発音) enPR: ēʹ-mō IPA: /ˈiː.moʊ/
• 韻: -iːməʊ
• ハイフネーション: e‧mo

Contemporary depictions of stereotypical emo fashion (2007)

名詞

emo (countable and uncountable, plural emos)

1. (uncountable, music) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional; a broadly encompassing genre of rock music characterized by expressive, often confessional lyrics. [late 1990s-current]
   1. (music, historical) A subgenre of late 1980s hardcore punk originating in Washington D.C., characterized by intense, highly emotional performances, dynamic shifts, and a departure from traditional punk song structures (also emocore). [early 1990s]
   2. (music, by extension) A 1990s indie rock movement characterized by complex guitar work (often borrowing from math rock), dynamic shifts, arpeggiated melodies, and deeply introspective lyrics; commonly referred to as Midwest emo. [1990s]

      Synonym: Midwest emo

   3. (music) A commercially successful 2000s alternative rock and pop-punk movement characterized by theatricality, melancholic, or romantically frustrated themes, and highly polished production. [2000s]

      Synonym: emo pop

   4. (music, derivative) Electronic-infused subgenres incorporating aggressive, satirical, or hedonistic themes layered over post-hardcore or pop-punk foundations (e.g., crunkcore, neon pop-punk). [late 2000s]
2. (countable) An individual presenting as such.
   1. (countable) A person associated with that subculture and musical style. [early 1990s]
      1. (countable) A person associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock. [late 1990s-current]
      2. A participant in the heavily aestheticized 2000s and 2010s subculture.

         Coordinate terms: scene, scene kid

   2. (countable) (by extension) A typically young individual whose outward persona is characterized by introspection, sensitivity, melancholy, or angst; considered to be overly emotional or who is associated with the emo subculture. [2000s]
   3. (countable, by extension, derogatory) Sometimes used pejoratively to imply inauthenticity (poser) or used ironically to denote exaggerated teenage rebellion.

形容詞

emo (comparative more emo, superlative most emo)

1. Associated with youth subcultures which are associated with the above-mentioned musical genre(s) and with 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.

1. (informal, loosely, often derogatory) Emotional, sensitive, or contemplative; regardless of musical preference or subcultural affiliation.
2. (informal, loosely, by extension) Depressed.
   • 2008, Vanity Fair, number 578:

     Criticism drapes a black velvet cape across the puddle that interrupts the path to change, to be emo about it.

3. (fashion, aesthetic) Exhibiting a fashion or visual aesthetic associated with the subculture; a presentation deliberately or unintentionally incorporating dark clothing, asymmetrical haircuts covering one eye, studded accessories, and often borrowing elements from gothic fashion, Burtonesque macabre, or brightly colored scene or geek aesthetics.

   Hot Topic is historically recognized as the go-to mall emo store, particularly during the 2000s, serving as a primary hub for alternative, scene, and punk fashion, music merch, and accessories like studded belts.

派生語

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with the socio-political rebellion of punk or the romanticized, atmospheric macabre of goth, emo is distinctly characterized by its focus on internal, confessional vulnerability and personal emotional anguish.
• The term is heavily contested due to its semantic shift; purists often restrict the definition to 1980s and 1990s underground movements), however, common linguistic usage firmly embraces senses validating the 2000s mall emo or general emotionality as legitimate definitions.
• The term has evolved dramatically. It began with the unassuming, casual geek aesthetic of the 1990s (thick-rimmed glasses, sweater vests); by the mid-2000s, it absorbed heavily stylized, gothic-lite, and macabre elements (eyeliner, black dyed hair); by the late 2000s, it splintered into the scene aesthetic, which combined the core emo silhouette with neon colors, tongue-in-cheek irony, and internet culture.
• In the late 2000s, emo was frequently used as a pejorative term to mock teenagers who were perceived as melodramatic or attention-seeking; in the 2020s, with the rise of nostalgia, the term has been largely reclaimed by millennials and Gen Z as a badge of honor, often used ironically or affectionately to describe both themselves and the music of their youth.

参考

アナグラム

• EOM, Moe, MoE, MOE, moé, ome, OEM, -ome, Meo, 'ome, OME, moe, Eom, Ome

語源

From Proto-Italic *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), with excrescent p in ēmptum. The origin of the perfect form is slightly more convoluted. According to De Vaan and Rix, it may have originated from a Proto-Indo-European reduplicated stative form. However, the origin of Latin long-vowel perfects is generally disputed, and other linguists suggest it may have derived from a Narten-type present. Numerous related verbs such as sūmō or dēmō have a perfect stem ending in -psī. De Vaan argues that these new stems are innovative, and were formed after these related verbs had become synchronically unidentifiable with emō.

Cognate with Lithuanian im̃ti, Old Church Slavonic имѫ (imǫ) and possibly Old Armenian իմանամ (imanam). Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take or give one's due”), with its descendants English nim, Danish nemme, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, West Frisian nimme, Ancient Greek νέμω (némō).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈɛ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈɛː.mo]

動詞

emō (present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine ēmptum or ēmtum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to buy, purchase

   Synonyms: comparō, sūmō, coëmō

   Antonyms: vēndō, addīcō, dēferō

   Quantīs haec pōma ēmistī?

   How much have you paid for these fruits?

   • 405 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Ioannes.4.8:

     discipuli enim eius abierant in civitatem ut cibos emerent

     so his disciples had gone away unto the city to buy food

2. (figuratively) to acquire, procure

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, potior, ūsūrpō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

Conjugation

At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *disemere
  • Asturian: disimir

参照

• “emo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “emo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
    
  • to buy dearly: magno or male emere
    
  • after having completed one's service: emeritis stipendiis (Sall. Iug. 84. 2)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 236
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 581
• Jasanoff, Jay (2012), “Long-Vowel Preterites in Indo-European”, in Melchert, C., editor, The Indo-European Verb, pages 2-3
• Leppänen, Ville (2019), Ablaut and the Latin Verb: Aspects of Morphophonological Change (PhD Dissertation)‎, Munich: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, →DOI, pages 34-35