scene

In a nut shell...
Scene people are considered a more refined, more artistic, musically literate version of emo people.

That scene kid won't listen to anything else but 80s Punk. He's so hardxcore.

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emo

In a nut shell...
Emo (the style) consists of a group of people who are very musically unrefined--like to listen to choppy, cheap, bands that haven't been signed yet. They wear dark, skinny clothes and in general immediately look nonconforming on site.

emo (music) sometimes refers to the music that emos (style) listen to, but not always. Emo music consists of lyrics based off of lost girlfriends and how much one's life sucks. The singing is usually equivalent to semi-acceptable karaoke.

Dude, that kid is so emo it scares me. Emo music is cheap.

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preppy

In a nut shell...
Preppy kids are usually sell-outs for pastel colors and anything that looks like it could define them as a high socioeconomic class, yet the style has been so mainstreamed that it can now be worn by virtually anyone. Think of emo. Now think of an Emos worst enemy. And vice versa.

Preppy Person: Let's play croquet and go roller bladin'!

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