This photo of a bad tattoo has gone viral. While Americans immediately appreciate that it represents an error of judgment of astonishing magnitude, its semantic content may escape them.
Here is what you need to know.
Lineker
GARY LINEKER: n. An English soccer player of legendary sporting honor who thereby became a vaguely ironic symbol of intelligent professional rectitude in a sport dominated by ridiculous cheating babies. Then, in retirement, a television spokesman for the potato snack industry.
SHAGS: tr. v. (chiefly British) to have sexual intercourse with.
CRISPS: n. (chiefly British) the potato snack known to Americans as chips.
