tattoo, n.Definitions

A Tattoo exudes pain and pleasure all at the same time.

The Tattoo's possessor is generally a man with an interesting past.

A Tattoo is grounded on living skin and thus emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.

The Tattoo is a permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.

A Tattoo tells a story of crime and passion, punishment and regret... an expression of an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicates a romantic solidarity among society's outcasts.

The Tattoo is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable.

The Tattoo's posessor, if he is not behind bars, is either a latent criminal or a degenerate aristocrat. If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he does so a few years before he would have committed murder.

A Tattoo is, on a woman, a signal to the pickup artist that she is the kind of person who is capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future.