Citations:emo bangs

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English citations of emo bangs

Noun: "bangs swept down over the forehead which hang in or cover at least one eye"[edit]

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  • 2005 — Richard Freeman, "Spun: Mae", The Gauntlet, 4 June 2005:
    Judging from The Everglow's first song, "We're So Far Away", music tastes like bad cheese and burnt emo bangs.
  • 2006Richard Grayson, "And to Think That He Kissed Him on Lorimer Street", in And to Think That He Kissed Him on Lorimer Street and Other Stories, Dumbo Books (2006), →ISBN, page 5:
    Nick actually seems older than the angelically smooth-faced Kevin, whose dyed-red emo bangs make him look twelve to my presbyobic eyes.
  • 2007Ann Donahue, "'Hidden Palms': Welcome to the neighborhood", Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2007:
    (He also continues the trend elucidated by Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man" this summer - neatly swept aside hair = studious nice guy; brushed forward emo bangs = baaaaad.)
  • 2008Franklin W. Dixon, The Hardy Boys: Feeding Frenzy, Aladdin Paperbacks (2008), →ISBN, page 44:
    He had those emo bangs where the whole point of them seems for them to be in your face.
  • 2008 — Julie Kraut & Shallon Lester, Hot Mess: Summer in the City, Delacorte Press (2008), →ISBN, page 331:
    "Well, Daddy is going to love love!" she said, smoothing his emo bangs into a more presentable look.
  • 2009Melissa J. Morgan, Camp Confidential: Extra Credit, Grosset & Dunlap (2009), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    He definitely had emo bangs, without the emo vibe.
  • 2009 — Nick Patch, "Canadian winner Tams says he hopes Adam Lambert wins American Idol", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 2009:
    Some point to his flamboyantly glam style -- he wears heavy eyeliner, black nail polish and artfully asymmetrical emo bangs, dyed black but streaked with blue []
  • 2009 January 4, Cygnia [username], “Re: He's older on the inside...”, in alt.music.rush[1] (Usenet):
    That being said, I really hope the Peter Petrelli emo bangs don't stick around...
  • 2010 — Katie Finn, What's Your Status?, Point (2010), →ISBN, page 28-29:
    Tanner was short, even for a sophomore, with long emo bangs he was always pushing out of his eyes.
  • 2010 — Freeman Hall, Stuff That Makes a Gay Heart Weep: A Definitive Guide to the Loud & Proud Dislikes of Millions, Adams Media (2010), →ISBN, page 148:
    Gay hearts weep with concern over their one-eyed emo brothers and sisters, many of whom are gay, or will be gay in the future, and feel that driving under the influence of emo bangs is a tragedy waiting to happen that could change their lives forever.
  • 2010 — Phoebe Kitanidis, Whisper, Balzer + Bray (2010), →ISBN, page 65:
    Lanky body hunched over, eyes downcast so his brown emo bangs brushed his desk.
  • 2011Sarah Rees Brennan, "Let's Get This Undead Show on the Road", in Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (eds. Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong), HarperCollins (2011), →ISBN, page 197:
    [] He's the alluring other who makes us feel good about ourselves. Emo bangs to fangs, he's the whole package."
  • 2011Megan Hart, Collide, Spice Books (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    He was supercute, with emo bangs over one eye and a hint of guyliner that would've sent my heart aflutter not too long ago.
  • 2011James A. Moore, Subject Seven, Razorbill (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Short, lanky, geek haircut with emo bangs, dark hair and a skinny ass face.