tattooing glossary

sleeve- a tattoo (or multiple tattoos) that covers the entire arm
tramp stanmp- a tattoo on the lower middle back
ink- refers to a tattoo "I'm getting ink done."
prison tattoo- I tattoo done in prison using items such as a staple, soap, and newspaper ink.

here are some I found online

Tattoo Equipment
Gun - term for tattoo machine used primarly by scratchers and loathed by artists.
Irons - term of affection for tattoo machine used by artists.
Works - needles and tubes.
Tattooing Slang
Carving - as in carving out some PHAT lines.
Slinging Ink - hopefully not too much slinging!
Pounding Skin - another term makes it sound much worse than it is.
Grinding - grind out some tribal.
Kickin' it Into Third - picking up the speed on the fill cause they know you can handle it.
Know You're Getting a Tattoo - doing the underside of the arm!
Airbrushing - when the ink sprays all over your pants.
Tight - as in phat, tight tattoo work.
Tattoo Customers and Browsers
Wrastler - one who faints and comes up fighting.
B-Back - the customer who says, "I gotta run to the ATM, I'll be back" right at closing time and never returns.
Cadaver - customer who refuses to talk to the artist during the entire process.
Human Larva - small children running around the tattoo shop.
Showcase - the customer who wears extensive amounts of an artist's work.
Meat - Locals who frequent the tattoo shop and always have a fresh piece still healing
Geeking - Acting without thinking how stupid you will be.
Tenderfoot - self explanatory.
Michaelangelo - the customer who asks for "victory red", "infantry blue", or "purple passion" and tells the artist where and how to shade.
Yo-Man - Potential customer who walks in the studio saying, "Yo man, I got $20. What can I get?" or "Yo man, I NEED a tattoo. What should I get?"
Dealers - Potential clients who little to wheal and deal on the price of their tattoo, and try to bid the artist down like they're at an auction.
Closers - people that KNOW you close at 10 p.m. and take your last customer at 9, but walk in at 9:30 expecting you to stay to do a three hour piece.
Other Slang Expressions
Goo - as in "put this goo on a couple times a day...".
Pussyball - tennis ball given to the customer who won't stop whining.
Squicked - grossed out, disgusted as in being squicked about your new piercing because it looks like it hurt.
http://tattoo.about.com/cs/tatfaq/a/tat_slang.htm