mm An emo is meant to be someone who listens to emo music like hawthorne heights, jimmy eat world, AFI, takin back sunday etc., and they tend to be emotionally depressed. Most ppl who call other ppl emo usually have no idea what emo even means.... Basically anyone who uses black hair dye, Mascara, wears black clothes,is in anyway gothic is labelled an emo by those ppl.