November 15, 2024

35 Tattoos Every Basic Bitch Secretly Wants

Basic bitches of the world, we understand that artsy tattoo pics on Tumblr and Pinterest make you wanna get inked ASAP. We don’t blame you. We understand your pain — so we rounded up our favorite omg-this-is-too-cute tats below.

Even if you don’t actually want a tattoo, it’s still fun to look…

1. A brightly colored, petite heart

Heart Tattoo

Before you get mad at me for calling all these tattoos “basic,” I’m letting you know that I have this exact same heart tattoo — a.k.a. I am a basic bitch. I’ve accepted it and moved on with my life. Embrace your basicness, everybody.

2. An engagement tattoo

diamond

3. Underboob cursive script

Words beneath breast

4. Base-of-neck cursive script

forever young

5. A lil’ somethin’ somethin’ on you finger

Tiger

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6. A crescent moon resting in your collarbone crevasse

Small-Moon-Tattoo

7. Fancy vocabulary

Wanderlust

8. A cute baby elephant

A cute elephant

9. A cute baby fox

Fox

10. And a cute cat tattoo next to a cat that’s angrily glaring at you

cat

11. A stereotypical beach souvenir

Seashell

12. A dandelion gracefully blowing in the breeze (or just this girl’s breath)

13. How you mark your territory

Bobby pin

14. Lyrics to a Regina Spektor song

Regina lyrics

15. Bon Iver lyrics

Bon Iver

16. “Such Great Heights” lyrics

Such Great Heights

Just any seemingly profound lyrics at all, really.

17. A very permanent pinky promise

pinky

18. Majestic flying sparrows

Sparrow

19. Majestic flying birds that aren’t sparrows

Birds

Wouldn’t it be funny if these were crows?

20. An arrow with a lot of meaning behind it

Arrow

21. A way to make sure everyone knows your dietary needs

vegan

22. Infinity signs, just in general

infinity

23. Paying homage to Harry Potter

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Related: These 16 Incredible ‘Harry Potter’ Tattoos Will Stupefy You

24. Or to “The Hunger Games”

Hunger games

25. A tattoo in a language you probably don’t understand

Latin tattoo

Apparently this means “always towards better things” in Latin.

26. Matching ribcage tats with your BFF

infinity

27. A dreamcatcher that you totally didn’t get just because Miley Cyrus has one

Dream catcher

28. Those three magic words

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29. Punctuation, so everyone knows you take grammar very seriously

punctuation

30. Nothing’s girlier than a bow

Bows

31. Wings to fly away from all your life’s problems

Wings

32. Music notes because music is your life, duh

Music

33. A behind-the-ear feather

feather

34. And finally, the classic anchor

Anchors

35. No wait! An anchor plus an infinity sign plus a heart. So basic bitch.

anchor infinity

When you are ready to take the plunge and get inked, here’s a form you can fill out for your local tattoo place…

About the author  ⁄ Deepa Lakshmin

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