" edgy "

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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. 

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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: 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. 

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1: Reaper from Overwatch

  * e.g.,  ... Pressed a button and got a team kill. Edgy as fuck! 

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1: ANOTHER NEW TREND OF AN OVERUSED ADJECTIVE THROWN AROUND THE INTERNET TO USE IN ARGUMENTS AND PATHETIC INSULTS WHEN THE PERSON USING THE WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE CREATIVE CAPACITY OR A THOUGHT PROCESS WHICH CAN GENERATE ORIGINAL MATERIAL TO USE AN INSULT THAT STILL HAS SOME VALUE

  * e.g.,  ... Person who is entitled to their opinion: I don't like Marvel movies, they're too cheesy and not very serious Internet Sheep user: Wh0a, u must be rlly edgy br0. dam br0, look at u, ur so edgy. EDGY EDGY EDGY 

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1: A word that teenage internet trolls use to describe anyone that has more personality than a shovel. This includes anyone who likes any kind of music, movies, video games, books, art, fashion, as well as anyone who DOESN'T accuse others of being "edgy." Typically, the people who use this term have low IQs, and do not know the actual two definitions of the word. They use it to insult anyone who is not them, not realizing that one of the definitions is a compliment, and the other simply means "nervous."

  * e.g.,  ... "wow, dat bitch thinks she soooooo edgy cuz she lieks 2 watch horror movies even tho an overwhelming amount of peeps of all ages also like horror movies." "u think ur so edgy cuz you like 2 draw." "u were professionally diagnosed with schizophrenia? wow, u must think ur so edgy."