Back in the summer of 2003, Shawn Marion got a tattoo down his right leg in Chinese lettering that was supposedly a translation of his nickname “The Matrix.” Only it wasn’t. I mean, it really, really wasn’t. Hanzi Smatter — a site dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture — noted that Shawn’s tattoo really means, uh, something else:
魔 = Demon, evil spirits; magic power.
鳥 = Bird.
樟 = Camphor (a plant where its chemical exact is used for making moth balls).
That’s right: Shawn Marion is Demon Bird Mothballs. I suggest you sit down and let the awe wash over you in a cool wave.