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Thread: Tramp Stamp
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2013-07-13, 12:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2007
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Tramp Stamp
Back in 468, we got a look at Haley's tramp stamp, which had us speculating quite a bit about its purpose. Our best guesses were that it would have relevance to her past some way, say identifying her to dad or other kin [or enemy]. But it has now been 400+ strips and I don't recall another mention despite knowing a lot more of Haley's background and her relatives.
Do you think...
It was just decoration in the first place and never had much meaning?
The plot got changed some way and it just never got used?
It is still to come up?
I didn't read comic xxx very closely and should do that?
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2013-07-13, 01:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2013
Re: Tramp Stamp
Personally, I never thought of it as anything more than a vaguely interesting detail. Maybe something she got to spite her dad during a fit of teenage angst.
Others can come up with far more creative speculation, I'm sure.
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2013-07-13, 01:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2013
Re: Tramp Stamp
Looks like a heart with an arrow through it to me
I just want to note that I totally called Julio saving the day many months in advance
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2013-07-13, 01:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
Re: Tramp Stamp
[nitpick]It looks too high up on her back to be a tramp stamp.[/nitpick]
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2013-07-13, 03:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2012
Re: Tramp Stamp
This is still being debated?! The meaning of it was revealed in the same strip where Elan grew his eye back.
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2013-07-13, 12:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2009
Re: Tramp Stamp
It's her brand's logo. Haley is part of a series of mass produced constructs.
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2013-07-13, 01:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2013
Re: Tramp Stamp
Alternatively, it's a self-destruct button, and Elan is the worst possible guy she could be dating.
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2013-07-13, 10:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2004
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2013-07-14, 01:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2013
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- empty space
Re: Tramp Stamp
I agree. A "tramp stamp" is a tattoo on the lower back.
Last edited by rodneyAnonymous; 2013-07-14 at 01:06 AM.
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2013-07-14, 01:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2007
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Re: Tramp Stamp
At the moment, but the basic of a tramp stamp is only secondarily location. Rather it is a tattoo that is meant to be seen, but should not be [at least in the opinion of the more bluenosed critics] since that requires exposure of that patch of skin. Thus the tramp stamp can be on almost any part of the lass, depending on local standards of proper dress.
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2013-07-14, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2008
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2013-07-14, 05:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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2013-07-14, 02:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2008
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2013-07-14, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2012
Re: Tramp Stamp
I love how when there was that debate on the meaning of 'badass', you were quite willing to disregard official dictionary definitions of the word in favor of a user-submitted UrbanDictionary.com definition. But now that the debate is over the term 'tramp stamp', you're conveniently ignoring the definitions found at that same site. When I looked up tramp stamp at UrbanDictionary.com, every single definition on the first five pages made reference to such a tattoo being either on the lower back, or above a woman's rear. And all four sample images show tattoos on the lower back. A scant 7 of the 49 definitions fail to specify a location for the tattoo. Of those 7, 4 are simply vague and the other three have nothing to do at all with tattoos. It's no coincidence that those few vague/irrelevant definitions happen to be buried near the bottom of the list.
Speaking of vague, it's interesting that in the case of 'badass', you rejected the official dictionary definitions in favor of UrbanDictionary.com because the official definitions were too vague. But in the case of 'tramp stamp', here you are deliberately trying to push a definition that's more vague than what's available at UrbanDictionary.com.
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2013-07-14, 03:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2011
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- Wisconsin, USA
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Re: Tramp Stamp
The tramp stamp only has one location that I'm aware of. Rather an offensive term, though, isn't it?
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So the song runs on, with shift and change,
Through the years that have no name,
And the late notes soar to a higher range,
But the theme is still the same.
Man's battle-cry and the guns' reply
Blend in with the old, old rhyme
That was traced in the score of the strata marks
While millenniums winked like campfire sparks
Down the winds of unguessed time. -- 4th Stanza, The Bad Lands, Badger Clark
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2013-07-14, 03:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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