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"Funny" Tattoo Fails
Are Tattoo Fails Funny?
We're not comfortable with describing tattoo fails as funny. They are a serious matter. They can cause later depression, and they certainly give a terrible first impression.If you find any of the tattoo fails below funny – which we definitely don't ;-) – then you are showing Schadenfreude, which is a word with German origins that means "pleasure derived from another person's misfortune."
63 "Funny" Tattoo Fails
Here are "funny" 63 tattoo fails, all of which fail due to poor grammar or spelling.
Don't Mess It Up!
- Typing mismatch with an incorrect contraction
- Incorrect positioning of an apostrophe
- Incorrect use of an apostrophe in a noun
- Incorrect use of an apostrophe in a verb
- Incorrect use of an apostrophe in a noun and a verb
- Incorrect use of an apostrophe in a noun
- Missing apostrophe
- Typing mismatch with an incorrect contraction
- Plural noun instead of a contraction
- Plural noun instead of a contraction
- Incorrect apostrophe in a verb
- Incorrect spelling of without
- Incorrect use of commas
- Double negative
- Incorrect homophone
- Funny misspelling of judge
- Ironic misspelling of success
- Ironic misspelling of judge
- Ironic misspelling of regret nothing
- Run-on error
- Incorrect use of semicolons
- Misspelling of angel
- Misspelling of belief
- Incorrect spelling of carpe diem
- Ironic spelling mistake
- Incorrect version of heart/hart
- Misspelling spelling of live
- Incorrect version of loose/lose
- Misspelling of remember
- Misspelling of strength
- Misspelling of their
- Subject does not agree with verb
- Subject does not agree with verb
- Misspelled superlative
- Wrong version of than/then
- Wrong version of than/then
- Wrong version of than/then
- Wrong version of than/then
- Wrong version of too/to
- Wrong version of too/to
- Wrong version of too/to
- Wrong version of too/to
- Wrong version of too/to
- Incorrect spelling of a Latin quotation
- Mispelling of where and a part
- Misspelling of which
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
- Wrong version of your/you're
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- A-Z of Punctuation (Packed with entertaining examples, this section provides definitive, well-explained rules for using all the principal punctuation marks. Punctuation should not be guesswork. There are rules.)
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