screamo

screamo
 n.— «A year or so later, she advanced in a battle of the bands competition, competing as an acoustical guitarist with another guitarist against, as she called them, four male “screamo” rock bands.» —“Emily Grace Makes It To The Riverbend Stage” by John Shearer Chattanoogan (Tennessee) June 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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