mallgoth

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mallgoth

/ˈmɔːlɡɒθ/ UK
/ˈmɔlˌɡɑθ/ US
/ˈmɑlˌɡɑθ/ cot caught merger

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From mall (“enclosed shopping centre”) + goth (“person who is part of the goth subculture”), suggesting that they purchase their clothes from mainstream retail outlets.

noun mallgoths · mall-goth · mall goth

countable Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth; now, a person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music instead of gothic rock, etc. MallGoths are young in age, spending the majority of their time after school at the mall. […] MallGoths dress differently to seem "in the know," when, in actuality, they have no clue what Goth culture really is. To them, Goth is a fashion statement and nothing more.
uncountable The culture or fashion style adopted by such a person. "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."

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@misc{mallgoth_2026,
  title = {mallgoth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mallgoth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}