You ever see a person with a tattoo in a language you don’t understand and think, “Wow, that’s so beautiful”? Well, turns out that person might not even realize that their tattoo actually translates to “illiterate foreigner.”
Unfortunately, it’s not entirely uncommon to get an incorrect tattoo. There are people with lots of hilarious stories about that, so we rounded up 45 of our favorites.
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1. “Bad words, please”
I mean, those are some pretty terrible words.
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2. 40-year-old white guy
Seems appropriate for the wearer.
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3. “Illiterate foreigner”
At least if he’s illiterate, he’ll never know…?
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4. “Beep beep lettuce”
You really can’t make this stuff up.
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5. You might think it says “strength, loyalty, determination…”
But it actually says…
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6. “Fat dumb American”
Can we meet the tattoo artist who did that, though?
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7. “Emergency exit”
Should someone tell this girl that her skin is not an emergency exit? Does she know?
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8. “I am made of vegetables”
Maybe vegetarians don’t exist in China yet?
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9. “Turtle”
This person actually sounds like a great friend.
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10. “Free egg roll with combo purchase”
Way better than “loyalty,” honestly.
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11. “Goldfish man”
Wonder what the guy did to deserve that!
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12. “Monkey”
No, but it’s actually supposed to say that so it’s cool.
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13. “Translator server error”
What do you mean he wasn’t happy with that?!
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14. “Dirt”
At least he got a cute nickname out of it.
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15. “Noun”
Guess it’s kind of close… “hope” is a noun after all.
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16. “Circumcised squirrel”
Pretty bad tat to be stuck with for all of eternity!
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17. “Lemon water pork dumplings”
Along the spine, too… Yikes.
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18. “I love fat boys”
Way better than “I love my grandson.”
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19. “Meat”
Meanwhile the man thought it said “wisdom.” Ha, more like lack of!
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20. “Chicken with noodles”
It sounds like this guy earned it, that’s for sure!
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21. “Gay woman”
It’s pretty easy to make a mistake with these languages. That’s probably why there are so many!
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22. “Metabolic arthritis”
That sounds like the opposite of the bad ass “wind of pain.”
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23. “Pig princess”
So much for “High princess.”
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24. Year of the rooster
An unfortunate Chinese zodiac, that is for sure.
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25. “I don’t speak this language”
We can assume the tattoo artist didn’t like this guy too much.
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26. Who is Tomokazu?
The world may never know.
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27. “Little potato”
Definitely not “respect.”
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28. “Turd”
Also known as “unko” to this guy.
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29. “Three small dishes”
If we’re being honest, it actually sounds pretty cute!
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30. “Brother sex always”
Maybe the worst one so far? What do we think?
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31. “Tiny chicken”
That could pass for a person’s name, yeah? Okay, maybe not…
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32. “I once am a katana”
But who knows, maybe they were once a katana!
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33. “A giant failure”
Well, the tattoo definitely is now.
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34. “I fear everyone”
If I see someone with that tattoo, I’ll definitely feel super intimidated.
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35. “Desk”
Imagine having “desk” tattooed on your fist? SO edgy!
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36. “Little animal, big mistake”
They thought it was strength and courage though…. What’s the saying? Ignorance is bliss?
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37. “Dragon”
This guy must be shaking in his boots now!
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38. “Beef noodle soup”
At least the lifter got beef, he needs his protein!
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39. “Hot bananas are peace”
Honestly, way better than freeing your mind.
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40. “Asshole”
At least the tattoo artist was honest! It’s on the person getting the tattoo if they aren’t even going to bother to ask.
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41. “Atomic ass bomb”
At least he knew about it!
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42. “Dog poop”
We wonder if he’ll see this and realize the terrible mistake he has made.
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43. “Weird”
But she thought it said “love,” how sad.
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44. “Fish”
It’s such a shame when you think you have something edgy tattooed on yourself like “poison,” only to find it actually says “fish.”
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45. “Fire”
“Sorry, your language doesn’t look cool enough,” is basically what he was saying.
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If this didn’t discourage you from getting a tattoo in a different language, we don’t know what will!
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