mall-goth

See also: mallgoth and mall goth

English

Noun

mall-goth (countable and uncountable, plural mall-goths)

1. Alternative form of mallgoth
   • 2006 July 27, David Colman, “The heyday of the dead”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-31:

     "The skull is all-purpose," said Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker. "It simultaneously refers to horror movies, to the Misfits and, by extension, all punk rock, and to a generalized culture of blackness and spookiness and the larger, mall-Goth culture."

   • 2009 November, Cory Doctorow, “Part II”, in Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor, Makers (A Tor Book), New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 174:

     “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?”

   • 2019 April 26, Nevàn Campos, “Three Overused Fashion Trends”, in The Oarsman‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Venice High School, archived from the original on 2023-02-02:

     Next, are the wannabe mall-goths of the 2000s. Self-proclaimed "e-girls" and "e-boys" sporting chain link chokers and belts, big black bell bottoms, outfits plastered with images of roses, and "emo" accessories and makeup that strives for a look that breaks society's conventions, but falls short.