The word "Tats"

Just plain bugs the shit outta me. None of the artists I know ever say it. The only time I ever hear it anymore is: "Dude, lemme check out your tats" (followed by unwelcome physical contact from strangers) or "Dood, where'd you get your tats done?" (working under the assumption that I got them all from the same person).

Am I alone here? Maybe it's a Texas thing that only squares, jocks, and rednecks call 'em "tats".

i don't get the machine gun reference.
people here call them "tats" also. i only use the word "tats" when typing cos it saves time. granted, not much time. but i've never said "lemme see your tat"
it even sounds redneck.
if i ever say "tats" i'll just buy myself a trailer and raise some 's and 's
speaking of tattoo's i got one last saturday, a mac logo on my hand, and it looks like shit and the ink doesn't look like it took well. poopy.

you can see the tattoo there for a while.http://swank.nu/cam/lainey.jpg

Lainey - but hey - it's still a MAC logo. Huzzah!

Donkey - true dat! none of the heavily tattooed people i know ever use the term. And I'm not really mean (cuz I'm pretty fuckin' FAR from thuggish lookin'), but once that term flies out of someone's mouth, it's safe to assume there's not much else in there worth hearing.

And here I thought I was just getting too old for this newfangled "lingo".

Working in a tattoo shop, all I ever hear is 'ink', as in, "Damn, Cameron, hurry up and put more ink on my arm, you retarded monkey", or "Damn, Cameron, let me see the ink on your elbow -- it looks like a basket of ass from over here."
I seem to always hear the term 'tats' when I'm in clubs, mostly from the "I-just-turned-18-and-am-allowed-to-stay-out-past-the-streetlights-coming-on" kids. The older kids or those with ink also call it 'work', i.e. "What's that work on your arm?"
We now return you to your regularly scheduled beers.

-Scotty






[Edited on Jun 07, 2002 by ZenExistence]

LOL! Hits kinda close to home though, coz my elbow "tats" do in fact look like baskets of ass! Gotta get 'em fixed!

I love it when people refer to my tattoos as "work"..

That and when people thank me for taking off my shirt and showing my pieces.

Am I the only one that feels weird taking clothing off to show your work? I kept thinkiing after a few years I'd get used to it but now I almost always cover up my pieces when I go out. especially to bars..

I call em "Tats". I guess I am too redneck and stupid to know the 'correct' term.


Macdummy

The word tat is pretty annoying but what I find far worse is when a total stranger who has initiated unwanted discussion of said 'tat' asks you why you got it. The implication is that you need to justify your decision to them. When that happens, I'll generally try to make up the stupidest answer I can think of.

On the other hand, I love to refer to my computer as a 'pooter. It makes it sound dirty and it's a bit derogatory. I have a love hate relationship with my computer.

PS Donkey, regarding you fruit tattoo fetish: you should go to cyclops tattoo on valencia and see cecily. She has an amazing fruit sleeve. Heh, fruit sleeve... that sounds funny.

tit tats rule.

Well, here in the UK (or my area at least) everyone uses the word 'tat' rather than tattoo, just because we;re all lazy goddamn limeys. I prefer the word 'tattoo', but sometimes 'tat' is just easier to use...
Spike

i useuallu use the terms art, work or collection, as for the removal of clothing it depends on who is asking, cause then i get an excuse to falsh my nipple rings.
F.A.B.

wow. people get bothered by shit like that eh? reminds me of those 1337 haxx0r children. "you're not uber".

I really hate it when people refer to the television remote control as the "remote." It's the fucking television remote control you motherfucker. Don't make me kick you in the teeth bitch!

Yeah, It's not that there's a "correct" term or anything. I was just curious if it was a southern/redneck thing exclusively. Fuck - call 'em whatever you want, I don't care. A pet peeve is a pet peeve and I'm entitled to mine - just wanted to see if others felt the same way...

Don't even get me started on "mosh" . Heh heh.

I prefer to call it 'the magic wand'. I wave it and the channel changes! Amazing!

--Riff

The first time I heard that word, someone asked me if I was 'into moshing'. Sounded kinda dirty, so I was like, 'you what?!?!' Then they explained, and I had to chuckle
Spike

During my brief stay in college I had a frat-boy friend that was in our drama club. I once used the word "frat" around him and he freaked! He said, "Do you call your country a cunt? Do you call you father fat?" I thought to myself, "Well duh! of course I do." But I shut my mouth cuz I saw his point. When something matters, it's name matters. It may be silly, but that's how it is. I was guilty of the "tatts" sin but will hereby stop using the word.

I was just thinking of this the other day for some reason. Realized that I'd never heard anyone with a bunch of tattoos call them "tats"... it's always either the idiotic "show me your tats, dude" accompanied by the aforementioned unwelcome contact (usually followed by "did it hurt?" as they poke your skin) or someone talking down to you (i.e. "yeah well look at YOU all covered in tats" ).

Side note: even more annoying is saying someone is "all tatted up".

And why DO they always touch you? Granted, if it's a cute girl who has more tattoos than me slyly saying "Let's see what we have here...." while she grabs my arm, I'm not going to complain much.

As long as we're on annoying words and phrases...

I hate the term "all about." As in, "I'm all about chili cheese fries," or "I'm all about strapping on a chihuahua and fucking St. Bernards with it." Just one of those inexplicably infuriating things.

I've heard that "frat" thing before. Makes me laugh, 'cause, well, they're pretty fucking ridiculous.

it's funny, i often end up adopting annoying words and phrases into my vocabulary, mostly because they go from being annoying to funny, and i start saying them as a joke. then i get so used to it i forget it was originally a joke. like saying "sup yo," "true dat" or "weak sauce." with all the stupid things i say i must sound like a fucking moron. meh, oh well.

erin

I do that a bit, myself. Mostly with "dude" and "rad." It's kinda fun to say rad. Reminds me of my childhood without having to look at shitty cartoons or listen to shitty pop music. I won't say "yo," though. Not even in jest. Okay, sometimes in jest. It makes me feel retarded, yo.

If I'm "all about" anything, it's breathing. Everything else takes care of itself.

Oh the irony.... I'm "all about" saying dumb stuff like "yo", "true dat", "dude", "awesome", and "sweet". It's the whole tounge-in-cheek thing that I find amusing. It's when people sling those words around apparently trying to sound "cool" that they're annoying. The whole "white guy ebonix" thing rides a VERY thin line between funny/ironic and totally stupid.

That said, "sup" makes me cringe - so go figure.

Oh, and "bling" is funny when it's not overused...

Jesus, nothing rings my bell more then 'Sup' for a greeting.
Are you that fucking monosyllabically simple that you can't put a second syllable into your greeting or is it that you want to prove how ghetto-freakin'-fabulous you are be uttering a greeting that reminds me of the sound my grandfather makes after eating a good meal?
And, please, if it's ghetto-fabulous your going for, feel free to add 'dawg' after it. That'll always have someone thinking to themselves, "Wow, I thought they were bright to begin with, but calling me a canine after that grunt of a greeting makes them even MORE intellectually stimulating."
Burns my ass, I swear.

Lol, I'm not harping on you, Ninja, it's all the little suburban 'gangsta' kids I encounter daily at my job. Eradication is the only answer.

Peace out, yo-
Scotty