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mallgoth

noun
/ˈmɔːlɡɒθ/UK/ˈmɔlˌɡɑθ/US/ˈmɑlˌɡɑθ/

Etymology

From mall (“enclosed shopping centre”) + goth (“person who is part of the goth subculture”), suggesting that they purchase their clothes from mainstream retail outlets.

  1. derived from *gutô✻
  2. derived from Gothi
  3. derived from Gotan
  4. derived from Gothes
  5. compounded as mallgoth — “mall + goth”

Definitions

  1. Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth

    Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth; now, a person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music, etc.

    • “Lester, what the fuck?” he said, grinning and laughing as he clapped Lester on the shoulder, taking a young mall-goth’s five bucks out of a hand whose fingernails were painted with chipped black polish. “What the hell is going on here?”
    • [A]lternative teen culture was really concentrated, with mallgoths, emos, and (shudder) scene kids sharing equal grounds on Myspace.

  2. The culture or fashion style adopted by such a person.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mallgoth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA