I enjoy thinking up (mostly ironic) ideas for knuckle tattoos. It’s fun, you should try it. Here are a few to get you started, ranging from the classic to the silly (some borrowed from McSweeney’s):
- HOLD FAST — Sailors were apparently dumb and needed the reminder.
- LOVE HATE
- GOOD EVIL
- ROCK ROLL — I’m generally not a fan. It loses a lot without the “&”.
- DEAD SEXY
- LONE WOLF — For the Chuck Norris fans.
- THUG LIFE — Tupac lives.
- ROCK HARD
- IRON FIST — For the martial artists out there.
- CODE FAST — For the baddest geek in the world.
I know my brother-in-law, Chris, keeps a running list of knuckle rocker ideas, so hopefully he’ll share a few gems.
Anyone else?
Well, the one I would get if I actually ever got them is REDD EVIL, another fav is TIME BOMB or STAY GOLD.
TIME BOMB is a good one.
STAY GOLD has a 70’s porn vibe for me…
ALAN ALDA has a real 70’s vibe to it…
personally i’d go with either MEAT EATR, BAAD NEWZ or LUVZ CATZ.
Alan Alda?! Ha!
DEAD MEAT has a certain morbid fatality I like.
Jake, how could you have not come up with “WOOT WOOT” yourself?
Awesome!
How about WHAT TAT? as a self-referential/recursive sort of thing?
Yeah, that’s downright meta.
TIT4 TAT!
in the vein of LIVE EVIL, i was thinking STOP POTS.
for the jeffery dahmer set: EATS HETS
for those with bowel incontinence: SHIT THIS
BLAH STFF ?
wait, wait, i got it…
MORE HEAD
sweet
GAME OVER is cute. (That’s Sharpie work in the pic, I believe.)
I kind of like GIVE TAKE. (The biker with BEER TITS is something, too.)
BABY DOLL is totally tough on a chick.
KNUC KLES is nicely meta, as well.
WORD EMUP a tribute to Chuck D.
damn you Jake, I had finaly gotten over obsessivly thinking about 2 four letter words for knuckle rockers and now I’m back on the junk.
the self deprecating DICK HEAD
or the always jovial SUCK FACE
get out of my head!!!
Which leads to the confrontational (or perhaps just queer-friendly) SUCK DICK…
I also enjoy DICK NOSE.
I’m also not averse to a little punctuation: BACK OFF!
I’ve seen an actual knuckle tattoo that says SOUT HPAW but I’m not a huge fan.
it would have been funny if it said SOUT HPRK, after all youse are in CO.
pretty much anything four lettered with DICK will work for someone.
i’m surprised that no one here was daring enough to go with the c-word.
HOLY SHIT , i’ve got some for all of the karl pilkington fans out there, and i mean you da kine…
MANC TWAT
BALD MANC
RETA RDED
PLON KER!
ROCK BSTR
the list goes on….
You want your c-word, I’ve got your c-word: DAFT CUNT
I can’t believe Sean beat me to the punch on BALD MANC, especially since I own the fucking domain name. How’s about CUNT CREW or the more urban KUNT KREW?
I suppose if you’re a big enough fan, you could get DAFT PUNK.
Or maybe the grammatically questionable CRÃœE RÃœLE (the umlauts add a nice touch, though).
PUNK ROCK works better than ROCK ROLL.
GOOD NITE
DUMB CUNT
JERK FACE
I’m serious, I can’t stop.
CANT STOP, see?
Wait I got one for someone on Blahstuff. Sarah and I enjoy incorporating the thumbs sometimes. You put your knuckles together with your thumbs crossed (thumb print facing out)
BROZ b 4 HOES.
TACO DUDE
OK who wants to guess what I’m having for lunch today.
TACO DICK keep ‘em guessing.
CANT STOP is actually a really good one.
So, what? You get your thumb prints inked? Ow!
Ok, I’ve got mine:
ΨCHO BABE or maybe SEXY ΨCHO
BEEF CAKE
FISH CAKE
FISH FACE
FISH HEAD
fngr fukr
OPEN HAND - for the Karate geeks.
HAND FIST - for comparitive study.
(BTW, let’s give it up for the creative use of the Greek alphabet by the Wife, eh? Very nice.)
HAND JOBS alright I’ll admit it, I’m reaching now.
Dude. No way!
That’s amazing! (for a hooker)
You want to talk about reaching… How about WINL OTTO — and if you ever actually do, you can get some laser treatment and change it to WONL OTTO.
hey 30th comment…
TOOL TIME
HARD CASE
KNOT WORK in celtic lettering
FIST FUCK
OPEN SORE
LICK ITUP
PINK SOCK
8TRK TAPE
GNAT BITE
this could concievably go on for a very long time.
*BIG* fan of HARD CASE. OPEN SORE is fantastic for a certain audience.
Dude, this is officially my most “popular” post comment-wise, so I’m down for it lasting as longs as it lasts.
Chris has been doing this for years off and on, so I’m expecting to have to make some kind of permanent reference to this post…
I really like KNOT WORK (in celtic lettering)
I also can’t believe I’ve forgotten this one for so long (just for Heather) TUFF NUTS
UPUP AWAY
LITE BEER
NITE STAR
LATE NITE
BEET SOUP
BEER HEAD
BEER GUTS
TOOL SHED
MORE LOOT
FAST BUCK
TAKE ACID
FART MORE
FART FACE
FART KING
FREE FUCK
MIND LESS
LOOK HERE
FREE MIND
JOLE BLON ( an old cajun song that i like a lot)
TAKE THIS
PULL THIS
HEAR THIS
KNOB NEWS (gervais fan)
SWAT TEAM
TIES TIES
BORN FREE
FREE PR0N
FREE LOVE
ELEC TRIC
SING LOUD
GODS DUDE
FREE WILL
ROLL OVER
BEAT DOWN
For those of us that were there during a specific stage of the big dig (BIGG DIGG) CLAM BEDS (who will ever forget that smell)
Ladies, want to just cut ‘em off at the knees with a preemptive strike
COLD FISH
HUGE DYKE or DIKE
Just for my boy Big Gay Joel
TRUE MARY or
REAL MARY
GOOD HERB
FREE WEED (come on you all knew those were comming)
For the Jude
MAMA BEAR
for Heather
LION GIRL
MATH GEEK
SHOT MIND
and finally I always said if I ever get diagnosed with something terminal, as motivation to fight it I’d get
DEAD SOON
HOLY JESU you guys went on a tear! (TEAR ITUP / TORE ITUP)
Love ELEC TRIC, and yes I too am surprised it took so long for TUFF NUTS to show up.
TUFF SCOT
HARD MICK
and while I personaly am not a fan of an 8 letter word that doesn’t work as 2 four letter words, I’ve always enjoyed the idea of having EGGSALAD across my knuckles.
get LOOK DOWN then be ready to throw an uppercut.
FREE IRAQ (for those who’ve been there).
HAJI FUKR (since our military lingo is open source now).
TAKE THAT (I just searched and see that Sean had “TAKE THIS”, but mine’s better).
FUCK YOUZ (for Mayor Menino).
and the best I’ve submitted yet…
EVIL DOER.
Take that shit.
Whoa… EVIL DOER is balls, dude. Nice.
LIMP DICK
TUNA TACO
FIST FURY
FACE RAKE
JAIL TIME
JAIL BAIT
One for the prank callers in the crowd: MIKE HUNT
For the Boston baseball fans, you could do RED SOX with the little red socks logo on the pinkies.
The Ted Nugent types and/or serial murderers could rock HUNT KILL.
Of course, my tattoo artist needs KING FISH on his knuckles.
Jesus, now that I have the domain, I just can’t stop: REVE REND
Whoa! You could totally go 5 plus 5 if you wanted to do TOE rockers!
Along the same demonstrative lines of HEAR THIS: FEEL THIS
And after having contemplated my own digits: HAIR HERE
Another option for Red (or White) Sox fans: SOX4 LIFE
DONO HARM/EVIL/GOOD
bich tits
FITE CLUB? Ew…
LESS TALK
MORE ROCK
LESS MORE
FEEL FREE
BUZZ KILL
ROCK HEAD
FULL TILT
DEAD RONG
PUTT PUTT
LOVE GOLF
HATE GOLF
7IN1 SWAT
GOOD TIME
NEED TRIM
POPS ZITS
rabi jesu
KABB ALAH — We definitely need more tattoo ideas for the Jewish Orthodoxy…
Another for KinTees: BASE BALL (with the Red Sox “B” on both hands)
HARD TIME
LION KING
KING SHIT
HEAD PAIN
WONT DIET
BEER MAID
GODS JURY (I really like that one)
Ooh, yeah. That’s tough.
Oh, there’s another: HELL YEAH
TUFF GONG (for our jamaican friends)
CALM FURY
BEER FOAM
BEER GOOD (for you Buffy fans…also SLAY VAMP)
POND SCUM
CUNT LICK
JAVA SLUT
METH HEAD
STAY PUFF (for the marshmallow fans)
BOOB LESS (maybe done in upside down calculator numbers)
HEAD CASE
MARY JANE
DRAG SHOW
PEEP SHOW
GOOD TIME
PORN SHOW
PORN SLUT
and of course, PORN CUNT.
Sorry if I repeated any, I tried to scan the list to avoid repetition.
Oh shit. Now I can’t stop.
POON HUNT
LOVE GAYS
LOVE POON
POON TANG
I’ll stop now.
For the lost duckies: RUMY MAMA (Read as “Are you…”)
i liked reading the ducky one quick.
for a second i thought you were saying your mom’s a drunk.
but that would be RUMMY MUMMY.
good job stepping up for the distaff side hezz-stah !!
HATE WORK
LICK SLIT
HURT NUTS
NERD WARS
ME(heart)S NERD
NERD 4EVA
nerd life
love hulk
ride pony
diet coke
diet fuck
slim phat
blck lung
JIZZ FACE
FACE BOOK
MAIL BOMB
MALE BOMB
OPEN TACO
BALD TWAT
face fook
blow jack
open shut
badd dogg
doit now!
i know a fellow chef that has “fois gras” on his knuckles.
Awesome!
NYTE NITE
BROCKTON
MATH ROCK
HEAD DUDE (wow, talk about multiple meanings)
BEAM MEUP
DOWN TIME
DOPE HEAD
AHHT PUSS
BUST MOVE
GOIN DOWN
AWES DUDE (awes taken from “The Day I Met Dee Brown”)
NUMB NUTS (Can’t believe I didn’t come up with that one sooner)
For all my prostitute friends in the ED who might want to advertise a specialty
KNOW DICK
CANT LOSE if you are feeling lucky
ACES HIGH don’t know enough about the poker to know if that one’s cool but I think we could use some gambling references
I don’t think this one was already posted…noticed it the other night when we were watching ‘the contender’
EVER LAST
MARC IANO fits if you’re a Rocky fan but it looks a little silly broken up
I want to see two guys roaming the streets of your home town with MARC IANO and BROC KTON on their knuckles.
Is there a boxing gym *anywhere* in Brockton these days?
last year an irish guy who trains in brockton but lives in dorchester beat tyson, so they’re still churning out the fighters.
TUFF MICK
Instead of KING FISH, Fish needs SINN FEIN.
the Petronelli’s still train fighters in and around Brockton, not sure where their main gym is now a days.
Ahh, to be home again
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/boxing/articles/2006/07/27/fighters_traveled_tough_routes_to_ring/
That’s a cool link. Points off for posting without a rocker, though.
NOPO INTS (Lame, I know. I didn’t say it had to be a good one.)
There are actually a few that we missed here.
The Wife will be happy to see someone that replied is actually more obsessed with Ms. Stefani than she is: ROCK STDY / LIKE GWEN — Yikes!
My bad, I don’t want to lose points. Um, oh LISA LOEB
FOOT BALL
FOOT FUCK
FUCK or KILL (using the thumbs again)
hey why not FUCK BALL
FORD GEEK
FORD LIFE I miss my LTD.
MUST ROCK
LETS NECK
LUKE CAGE
NICK CAGE
RAWK KILL
CAFE DELI
FIRE HOSE
SUCK HOSE
OK my new fav. Get “Goose” on the outside of your elbow and
DUCK DUCK.
MALL SLUT
MAIL DUDE
BLAH STUF
PAID in FULL (thumb prints again)
KING PAWN
FULL MOON
GEEK ROCK
TALK TALK
EVIL FLAW
TEEN WOLF
LIVE WIRE
REAL TIME
HUGE COCK
COCK BULL
COCK SURE
LUVN OVEN
COCK SPAR
Not sure what you’d be saying with this one, but:
COCK SOCK
COCK JOCK
DUMB JOCK
ONMY JOCK
TIES KNOT
BEER BONG
DAFT PUNK (for the fans)
DEAD LIVE
SPIT SIPS
my girlfriend doesn’t like it, but
OHOH UHUH
is awesome, to me.
I like the LIVE DEAD order better.
Read it with the short “i” and it fits the goth kids well.
hey, i’m working by instinct here!
GOTH DICK
PALE CROW
PALE DEAD
And joedayuz gets comment #100!!
COMM ENTS
Nice Crow reference, too.
RAVN CROW (I hate the contracted words, though.)
Yuz just clued me in, G-d Dman!
Going geek on yah, tech support:
n00b RTFM
Keeping Geek:
/usr /bin
Ping Ack!
WACK IDEA
JDY:
HOME LESS
i’m only homeless after the 31st, but it’s still awesome.
ONDA ROAD
PROS CONS
PIANO FORTE (for the 6 fingered mutants)
MOVE FAST
BUST NUTS
SMSH GUTS
WITH LOVE
AREA CODE
DIAL INTO
SINK PINK
SINK BOAT
TRIM FURR
POSH TRIM
SLOW KIDS
ARTS GONE
God… SLOW KIDS rules.
SHOR TBUS is super lame compared to it.
LONG WANG
BLUE BALZ
DROP KICK
PRZN TIME
SHIT WHAT
FORE SKIN
SNIF COKE
DRGN BALZ
SAY WHAT
FIST FIST
CHIK FILA
SNIF ETHR
SNIF COKE
FAIL TEST
READ THIS
SEEN FIST
FORE PLAY
DOPE SLAP
PIMP SLAP
SLAP PALS
DCUP TITS
I(HEART)FA TASS
NYPD BLUE
DVDR CDRW
DYNA MITE (or for the Jimmy Walker fans: DYNO MITE)
PURE TNT! (optionally replace the “!” with a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse)
Someone just came here via Google looking for STAY DOWN knuckle tattoos.
STAY TRUE
STAY CALM
STAY TUFF
STAY HARD
DONT STAY
WONT STAY
CANT STAY
WILL WONT
DOIT DONT
SOCK PAIR
TUCK DICK
QUIT WORK
PETE BEST
STOP DROP ROLL (if they didn’t seperate those siamese twins)
Got one for Ed
QUAK QUAK
(be the Duck)
DUCK LIFE
I personally like POTA TOES
Cause you then have TOES on your fingers. Plus I scored a lot of free potatoes the week I had that scrawled across my knuckles.
Dig the entry: http://www.knuckletattoos.com/2006/05/potatoes/
Hey, Nathan, nice to see you got your site fired up. Good stuff!
Thanks man!
We’ve got a weekly knuckle tattoo theme challenge going in the forums. This week it’s food related knuckle tattoos.
I’m starting to exhaust the pool of people I can find around here with knuckle tattoos. Any one you know with knuckles? I’d love to hear from them…
Nathan
PINK TACO
FREE 4ALL
TRUE PIMP
CUNT FARM
POON FARM
POOP JOKE
KING CRAB (for Jacob and Jeffrey)
SOFT SHOE
Nice. As much as I love the Jon Ruff, I miss the King Crab.
For the 80’s fans: SOFT CELL which leads to TAIN TED*heart*
SOME LIVE
HEAD LICE
MORE SKAG
SOUP NAZI
SHIT HOLE
AINT REAL
LOVE TALK