" edginess "

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1: something or someone trying too hard to be cool, almost to a point where it's cringe worthy.

  * e.g.,  ... "that skull with the flowers around it is edgy as fuck" 

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1: Simple-mindedly and transparently trying to appear tough or 'cool', for the sake of being provocative and/or offensive. Usually, this is done to disguise the fact that otherwise, that person or thing is not at all - intellectually or otherwise - provocative.

  * e.g.,  ... The main protagonist of the video game DmC: Devil May Cry is a good example of an edgy character. Instead of allowing himself to be perceived as cool or tough by others through doing impressive things, he needs to resort to heavy cursing and macho posturing. In doing so, it becomes clear to the viewer that the character itself is probably trying desperately to seem cooler than they are. In stark contrast, the protagonist of previous games in the series was considered cool because of his wit, carefree attitude, and refusal to be intimidated. If he too attempted to make himself look cool, at least those attempts were cloaked better, and didn't try to be overtly provocative. 

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1: the act of being edgy is basically teenage kids that think theyre cool. hardcore kids seem to think theyre the fucking edgyest things everr.

  * e.g.,  ... "why are you wearing that bandanna out of your pocket," says 9th grade homeroom teacher. 

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1: Adjective. Taking coolness to its extreme and generally beyond the realm of actual possibility, while at the same time seemingly unaware of how ridiculous it is. Distinctions from similar words:

  * e.g.,  ... Examples of Edgy characters/things: 

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2: * Mary-Sue: This is distinct from mary-sue because characters generally have "flaws", but which end up making them cooler as opposed to actually flawed.

  * e.g.,  ... * Guts from Berserk: short black hair, insanely large sword, missing hand (which he replaced with a gun), scars (which make him look cool). 

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3: * Try-hard: Edgy characters go for diversity in their coolness instead of a specific theme. An edgy character is much more diversely cool, whereas a try-hard goes for something specific, like "only using knives" or "hates color because he/she is goth".

  * e.g.,  ... * Dante from the more recent DMC:Devil May Cry. 

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4: * Campy: Edgy things are either unaware of their ridiculousness or actively try to explain it away. In contrast, campy things are totally aware of how ridiculous they are and actively embrace it.

  * e.g.,  ... * Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. 

 [ "Edgy" ]

1: Usually referencing the act of or being of a person that is 'trying' to be or may 'be' on the cutting-edge of something specific, or in general (very obscure music, extravagantly violent Asian horror movies, etc.) to be cool and ahead of the norm, and is usually used as an insult in most contexts. Most people who get plastered with this label in a truthful manner, and not in an insult-like manner usually of which is improperly describing someones tastes in said things, are 'kids' or in general people who psychology have pushed themselves into a funnel of wanting to be part of something different because they can't fit in to anything else. Or to build a pseudo-ego to have something to be proud of, when in reality it is just making them look very dumb.

  * e.g.,  ... Surfer Guy 1: "Hey man, I found out about this.. "Floral Shoppe" music last night, you heard about it before?" 

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1:  Pushing the envelope, like Conan O'Brien.

  * e.g.,  ... That Conan O'Brien --- he's so edgy! 

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2:  Unconventional.

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3:  Way out there.

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4:  At the forefront of a trend; experimental or avant-garde.

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1: Applied to books, music, or even haircuts which tend to challenge societal norms and reveal the dark side. Cutting edge.

  * e.g.,  ... Novels by Chris Crutcher, Adam Rapp, and Alex Flinn. 

 [ "Edgy" ]

1: A word most commonly used by the youth, specifically kids who are not cool and salty who don't like anyone who is cooler than them. The words origin comes from a more irrelevant group who play overwatch and undertale.

  * e.g.,  ... "That kid looks cooler than me... edgy try-hard bitch lasagna" -irrelevant cunt 

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1: Daria - "As far as I can make out, edgy occurs when middlebrow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy -- not to mention the spending money -- out of the "youth culture." So they come up with this fake concept of seeming to be dangerous when every move they make is the result of market research and a corporate master plan."

  * e.g.,  ... We only do edgy. 

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1: 1) An internet slang in which it implies to anyone online behaving or saying things that are against the mainstream, usually angering a certain fandom populace. These things are often in forms of inane comments, senseless insults, and commonly shit-posting. "Edgy" people in the internet are often known to be trolls.

  * e.g.,  ... OP: *posts a sexy picture of a character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic* 

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2: 2) Anything implied as "emo-ish", like anything red-and-black or away from the norm.

  * e.g.,  ... Person 1: 11/10 would fuck.