What's the slang word for tattoo?
Slang for Tattoo
Ink - or getting some ink. Tat - for those too lazy to spell the whole word. Tac - tac it on!
What is the old word for tattoo?
The word tattoo, or tattow in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Samoan word tatau, meaning "to strike", from Proto-Oceanic *sau₃ referring to a wingbone from a flying fox used as an instrument for the tattooing process. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology of tattoo as "In 18th c. tattaow, tattow.