JoKno Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Yesterday I walked into a bank in Orinda, which is on the other side of the tunnel from Oakland, and is very much another world. One of the tellers jumped up and said "I like your skin." It didn't make me cringe, far from it, she really meant it, and I liked that she saw it as my skin and not a tattoo that could somehow be separate from the rest of me. Anyone else ever get this comment? I've had old people with Alzheimer's ask me what's wrong with my skin. lol. I have heard it other times to and it does feel pretty good to hear it that way. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronkicks Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Has "tat blast" or "tatty jammer" been posted yet? Good lord, do those make me cringe. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
E. Gregory Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 i really hate the word, 'tatmaker'. i thought this thread was going to be about slang terms in general, as in my old lady hates the term, 'cool beans', and also the term, 'my old lady'...... Paul Shachtman 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbyRoad Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 after reading some of the slang terms listed here im left wondering do people seriously talk like this? it makes me feel all melancholy Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Has anyone mentioned "pin work" yet? Usually with "righteous" before it. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dari Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 i really hate the word, 'tatmaker'.i thought this thread was going to be about slang terms in general, as in my old lady hates the term, 'cool beans', and also the term, 'my old lady'...... It seems that slang for making sweet tats is a gift that keeps on giving! But I'd like to see it expand to all types of slang. Unlike your old lady, I love being referred to by my husband as his old lady. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dari Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 after reading some of the slang terms listed here im left wonderingdo people seriously talk like this? I've seen people use these terms here on the forum lately, glad it was only online and I didn't have to listen to it all afternoon! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Switchblade Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 honestly, "collector" bothers me (sorry robin)! generally speaking people who refer to themselves as collectors are a bit smug and see themselves as above other clients. no offense robin, or anyone else who use this term, it's just been my experience and bothered me for years. the guy getting his girlfriend's name is just as important as a "collector" getting a custom "cool" tattoo. sometimes these "collectors" scoff at having to wait while i do a regular walk-in on someone they deem "uncool", and it eats me up. but i guess this is a whole other discussion! "collector" is the name most tattoo artists give to us though Mario I guess because we are collection tattoos from specific artists! I really don't see myself as anything special because i "collect" for my own reasons......not to enter contests and win trophies or for the "ego" of having good work! I just feel blessed to have met the talented artists I have met, and to have their art on me! It's the tattoo artists that make a big deal out of it because 99% of most people being tattooed have no clue who all these artists are that have tattooed me nor do they care! I really don;t know many "collectors" so i guess really tell you how others act when they come into your shop....I just know I am not like that. I have no problem with someone who only wants to get a name or kanji, or whatever as they are the ones that are paying your bills! As long as it is good work that is! :) RockelMan and MsRad 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Switchblade Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I don't like the words.... tats, gun, or the word "industry" when used to describe the craft/business of tattooing! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDowning Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I don't like the words.... tats, gun, or the word "industry" when used to describe the craft/business of tattooing! I don't care for industry either, there's nothing industrial about what I do. Anyone said body-mod? That word makes me want to slam my face into my desk. I guess thats more of a piercer thing... Come to think of it, I feel the same way about most piercers. gougetheeyes and Bunny Switchblade 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I don't like the words.... tats, gun, or the word "industry" when used to describe the craft/business of tattooing! by definition, industry means "the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject" which in this context would be quite an accurate meaning. I can see why you would dislike the term "industry" (for most people it has connotations of corporate manufacturing which makes most of us cringe when thinking of tattooing) but to me it's no biggie like "gun" for instance CJ Harper 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I don't care for industry either, there's nothing industrial about what I do. Anyone said body-mod? That word makes me want to slam my face into my desk. I guess thats more of a piercer thing... Come to think of it, I feel the same way about most piercers. I've always felt there was a huge disconnect between the tattoo and piercing communities, with a very small crossover, though folks outside of them like to wrap them up into one. Which I guess has a lot to do with the combo tattoo and piercing shops. I had my ears gauged for about ten years but recently took those out. Other than that, I never felt like I was part of any piercing community -- nor did I ever want to be -- and while I think the two are very loosely related at some kind of basic level, I think they're pretty far apart. In conclusion, the term BOD-MOD makes me cringe. nicky papers and ChrisDowning 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbyRoad Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 body mod makes me think of implants and tongue splitting Gia Dobson, RockelMan, nicky papers and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDowning Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I've always felt there was a huge disconnect between the tattoo and piercing communities, with a very small crossover, though folks outside of them like to wrap them up into one. Which I guess has a lot to do with the combo tattoo and piercing shops. I had my ears gauged for about ten years but recently took those out. Other than that, I never felt like I was part of any piercing community -- nor did I ever want to be -- and while I think the two are very loosely related at some kind of basic level, I think they're pretty far apart. In conclusion, the term BOD-MOD makes me cringe. I completely agree with what you said and thankfully we don't have anything to do with piercings in the shop I work at. In the mind of the general public I don't think the separation is nearly as large as in the tattoo community. I mentioned it because I see it in all those crappy "industry" mag's that show up in the mail a few times a month. I die a little inside when those magazines come in, what a waist of paper. Industry conjures up images of assembly lines, mass production, corporate goons and a low cost for low/average quality. Even if the dictionary definition accurately describes the profession it's not a label I like. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKno Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I've always felt there was a huge disconnect between the tattoo and piercing communities, with a very small crossover, though folks outside of them like to wrap them up into one. Which I guess has a lot to do with the combo tattoo and piercing shops. I had my ears gauged for about ten years but recently took those out. Other than that, I never felt like I was part of any piercing community -- nor did I ever want to be -- and while I think the two are very loosely related at some kind of basic level, I think they're pretty far apart. In conclusion, the term BOD-MOD makes me cringe. In South Carolina you can't even have piercing and tattooing in the same shop. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 ain't so bad . Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-8987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbyRoad Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 am i the only one when i hear the word industry my next thought is agriculture? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 It's funny cause i quite like industry to me it sounds heavy duty like hard working .It works for me in other fields as well i.e. fitness industry ,film industry and so on . Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsRad Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 industry to me just means a genre of work. what is an alternative to industry? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm862003 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Perhaps regional to Sacramento but, "tacks" for tattoos. Retardsville. Is there a thread for ghetto tattoo combo "smoke" shops? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKno Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Perhaps regional to Sacramento but, "tacks" for tattoos. Retardsville. Is there a thread for ghetto tattoo combo "smoke" shops? OMG I just heard about a shop in Myrtle Beach called "420 Superstore Tattooing and Tobacco" dari 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOLLY J Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 OMG I just heard about a shop in Myrtle Beach called "420 Superstore Tattooing and Tobacco" go to Greenwich Village in NYC,there are 100s of these places there.I even saw an adult bookstore/tattoo shop. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOLLY J Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The term I hate the most is "slingin' ink".I'm not an "ink slinger",I'm a dermographic redecorator.......that way I can charge more to yuppies because I tell them I use feng shui. I used to use the word "gun",but just to irritate the other artists I worked with.An old timer once told me "machines create and guns destroy" and I guess that is the difference. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
briankelly Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 but you must destroy to create. sorry, was that a little to art school? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 go to Greenwich Village in NYC,there are 100s of these places there.I even saw an adult bookstore/tattoo shop. That's REPULSIVE. Tattoo shop in a nudie store? I'm outraged. Can you get me the address of that place so I can go tell them how upset I am? And do they have peep booths? dari, pixxillatted, CaptJackSparrow and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/674-slang-terms-that-make-you-cringe/?page=5#findComment-9649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.