Citations:emokid

Noun: "(slang) a young member of the emo music scene or subculture"

 * 1997, "Bitter Sweet", Rebellion, Issue 2, page 14:
 * I think that the basic concept within hardcore is unity and it's kinda contradictionary [sic] to split up the kids in like, metal-kids, emokids etc-
 * 1999, Jeff Salamon, "Emotional Rescue", Spin, November 1999, page 144:
 * Their major-label debut, For Your Own Special Sweetheart, became a touchstone for many emokids—a bracing hardcore record that used studio-savvy production to focus the band’s ferocity and intelligence.
 * 2001, Vic Bondi, "Hit Squad", Hit List, May/June 2001, page 44:
 * Jesus, you damn emokids couldn’t have gotten me more wrong if you tried.
 * 2002, Kiera Ormut-Fleishman, "Spittin' in my eye", The Innis Herald (Innis College, Toronto, ON), September 2002, page 4:
 * If you like emo, your chances are good that this Karate will deliver that kick to the heart that emokids so desire and musicphiles lust after.
 * 2005, Carly Carioli, "The week in music and other audible treats", Boston Phoenix, 7 January 2005 - 13 January 2005, page 4:
 * Also tonight: “The Plan” takes on an other year of indie rock, garage punk, and Britpop with a live set from Little Rock emokids the American Princes at Great Scott, 1222 Commonwealth Avenue in Allston; call [number redacted].
 * c. 2005, "Aural Massacre II", Chronicore Zine, Issue 5, page 20:
 * emokids too jammed outside with their acoustic guitar and they sung in chorus their ballads and I think I saw some of them wiping away their tears during their heartbraking [sic] songs
 * 2008, "Tales of Vesperia", GameAxis Unlimited, October 2008, page 40:
 * TOV's idealist with a vigilante streak, named Yuri Lowell, is much more relatable to the common gamer-man or woman than TOA's spoilt prince-turned-emokid ever will, because there's always a time when we have to stand up for what we believe in regardless of consequences in our everyday lives.
 * 2009, Susie Day, Girl Meets Cake, page 43:
 * We did Hamlet in English last year. | liked his proto-emokid thing, but | did write an entire essay about how it would've benefited from being forty-two minutes long, and finished with a paragraph that read “In conclusion, NEEDS MORE JOKES”. Prowse gave me a D.
 * 2009, Ted Kluck, Headlocks and Dropkicks: A Butt-Kicking Ride Through the World of Professional Wrestling, page 9:
 * His character is a sort of preppie emo-kid who oozes the confidence that comes from being better than everybody.
 * 2009, "Audio Review", Salah Cetax, Issue 9, July 2009, page 9:
 * okay it's recomnded [sic] for you hc/thrash kids.. and of course not for the emokids hehe
 * 2012, Karen Mahoney, Falling to Ash, unnumbered page:
 * My mind raced as I pictured Erin's lifeless body and Rick's transformation from emo-kid to Zombie Boy from hell.
 * 2014, Valentina Gueorguieva, "Subcultural Styles and Ideologies on the Market of Identities", in Constructing Selves: Issues in Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Nation (eds. Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo & Ángel Mateos-Aparicio), page 110:
 * In the absence of a home-grown musical scene, Bulgarian emokids find expression of their inner selves in particular fashion items available on the market.
 * 2015, Asbjørn Dyrendal, James R. Lewis, & Jesper Aa. Petersen, The Invention of Satanism, unnumbered page:
 * My Satanism is not emo-kid Satanism; I am not a peace monger, but I am also not a Stereotypical child of the Black Goat.
 * 2016, Clara Cate, Finding Her, unnumbered page:
 * I was the cheerleader who was supposed to date the quarterback, and he was the emo-kid that wasn't expected to live past sophomore year.
 * 2016, Riley Redgate, Seven Way We Lie, unnumbered page:
 * He wears makeup, too. Not standard emo-kid guyliner, either. Like, bright blue lipstick, the other week, and orange eye shadow, the day before yesterday.