emophobe

plural emophobes · alternative emo-phobe

1. informalrareOne who dislikes emo music and/or the emo subculture.

   Cloudy insight aside, the emo-phobes write catchy songs with a pop-punk flavor.

   2005 January 20, Chelsea Mueller, “The Letter Kills”, in Phoenix New Times

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   When Tim Kinsella, of the pioneering indie rock groups Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, wrote a scathingly sarcastic editorial in the emo-centric magazine Alternative Press imploring every band inside to break up, Bemis bristled at Kinsella’s cynicism, calling him a “self-hating emophobe” in a letter to the magazine.

   2006 November 2, August Brown, “Don’t get comfortable around them”, in Los Angeles Times

   But Greene's ingratiating persona and understated (for this style of music) metaphors should remain grounded enough to not deter even the most gung-ho emo-phobes.

   2014 December 24, Joshua Levine, “Soundbites”, in Tuscon Weekly