Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

Wikipedia says Emo is short for Emotional Hardcore.
Urban dictionary says Emo is short for Emotive Hardcore.
BungalowBill's link says that Emo is shorthand for Emotional.
Yourencyclopedia says that Emo is short for Emotional.

Half the links say that it stands for emotional, half for emotional/emotive hardcore. To me, this says that nobody really knows the truth and everybody who is making bold statements is making claims on nothing. The points that people have made that it couldn't possibly mean 'emotional' because other music is emotional is a silly argument. Its just a name.

Last night I met a girl named Verity. Her name means truth. Just because that is the meaning of her name, it doesn't mean that other people can't tell the truth or be true.

Drum'n'bass is called drum'n'bass despite the fact that other music styles contain drum and bass sounds. Rhythm and blues is so named, despite the fact that other musical styles have rhythms and blue notes.