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- noun Traits associated with the
goth subculture, such as philosophical melancholy.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The levels of gothness varies with the wearer – think chinos and leather in True Blood; alabaster skin and Topshop in Twilight.
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010
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I decided to go with the "individuality" theme that I believe lies within gothness and wore a beige corset and a little brown skirt.
Dreams: Erotic, Fantastic, Mundane, Frail Elizabeth McClung 2009
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It just felt like he didn't put in the trademark flow of ideas that suffuse his other stuff, and all that was left was obfuscation and gothness.
VIMANARAMA Vertigo Comics, 2005 David Campbell 2006
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
Something Wicked This Way Comes Chuck Klosterman 2006
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I mean, I know emo gothness is soooo trendy right now, but how you can manage to constantly whine about everything is completely beyond me.
hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2005
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Mattieu was a super uber goth with all the trimmings: fangs, cape, sherry, white face, the whole works he prided himself on his gothness and he was always planning his funeral. he wanted everyone to come in goth dress.
mitten Diary Entry mitten 2001
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She needs to stop all that wannabe goth, gothness thing.
X17 Online 2009
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