goth
(uncountable) A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
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Born ~1967 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
I definitely would have imagined more industrial/goth?
Cool 3D Goth Punk Lady With Hand-Painted Look #3D #News #80lvl
The Twink Femboy Young brother becomes Goth Daddy The friendly mad dog big brother becomes Big Cat Furry #FGO #strangefake #FatestrangeFake #typemoon #anime #animestyle #art #fanart #chibi #chibiart #sketch #doodle
Yes, with a body like that she could have chosen to be a goth baddie, and instead she chose to be this. Waste of good material
🎭 De Crypte: The First Descent 📅 Zaterdag 30 mei 2026 ⏰ 20:00:00 📍 De Anti-Bar - Haarlem 🎵 coldwave, darkwave, goth, post-punk, ebm, industrial 🔗 https://nocturna.events/event/fb684cb9-f8e9-49e2-9ca8-ffdafdadabb2
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(uncountable) A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
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(uncountable, music) A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
Philip has been into goth for many years, haven't you dear?
“I definitely would have imagined more industrial/goth?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cool 3D Goth Punk Lady With Hand-Painted Look #3D #News #80lvl”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Twink Femboy Young brother becomes Goth Daddy The friendly mad dog big brother becomes Big Cat Furry #FGO #strangefake #FatestrangeFake #typemoon #anime #animestyle #art #fanart #chibi #chibiart #sketch #doodle”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yes, with a body like that she could have chosen to be a goth baddie, and instead she chose to be this. Waste of good material”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🎭 De Crypte: The First Descent 📅 Zaterdag 30 mei 2026 ⏰ 20:00:00 📍 De Anti-Bar - Haarlem 🎵 coldwave, darkwave, goth, post-punk, ebm, industrial 🔗 https://nocturna.events/event/fb684cb9-f8e9-49e2-9ca8-ffdafdadabb2”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable) A person who is part of the goth subculture.
“Would you say the hard works paying off?? #emo #goth #alt #lesbian #submissive #emogirl #gothgirl #egirl #altgirl #emogirls #gothgirls #egirls #altgirls”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This month in 1987 New Model Army released this US only single Lights Go Out /Poison Street🖤🔥🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=efZc... #80s #NMA #newmodelarmy #goth #gothic #darkpunk”
— Bluesky· May 2026“❌LIVE!❌ just a fox doin fox things FOR DEMONKINK! ⤷ twitch.tv/vixwytch #vtuber ⦚ #goth ⦚ #metal ⦚ #horror ⦚ #vsky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Be the queer goth peacock you want to see in the world”
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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