# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2023-11-11T02:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2241 "2026-01-07T23:46:39Z")
On what I believe was a Mercedes G-class SUV: **MRSMOOCH**. I’ll just point out that Anthony and Deidre Scaramucci have a podcast called “Mooch and the Mrs.” I couldn’t see the driver, but where I saw the vehicle, it would have been quite reasonable for it to have been her. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2242 "2026-01-08T00:33:49Z")
@beowulff that is awesome! I saw three today on my way home. **B4N4N4** on a bright yellow Jeep **TIJUAN** on a large, lifted Chevy truck **4Y4S 111** on some sort of SUV. This one is a puzzler, it’s definitely a custom plate because of the way it was spaced. No clue what it means. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2243 "2026-01-08T00:37:55Z")
I searched for “NAZGOOL” and found this: > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/LICENSEPLATES/comments/1mkxo7j/nazgool/)** Apparently, he never washes his car. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2244 "2026-01-08T03:04:59Z")
A big haul today. **GUIJIRA** on a Cooper Mini (Spanish for pebble) **REDSTAR** on nothing special **ARIIII** on a pets plate. Maybe the name of a critter or just because it’s in Arizona. [![](https://azmvdnow.gov/content/images/plates/PetFriendlySpayNeuter.jpg) ](https://azmvdnow.gov/content/images/plates/PetFriendlySpayNeuter.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2245 "2026-01-09T06:13:56Z")
Tonight, on a VW Beetle (the new version), I saw **Y SWT IT**. Yes, sweat it? You sweet it? Your sweet IT [person]? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2246 "2026-01-09T06:53:36Z")
Why sweat it. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2247 "2026-01-10T00:09:27Z")
On a Lucid: **HG DDSJD**. i hadn’t known that hunter-gatherers had dentists and lawyers, but why not? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2248 "2026-01-10T16:04:14Z")
**2QTE4U** on a generic family wagon. I did not get a look at the driver. Although I wanted to. ISTM that by the time you’ve got the 3-row family wagon with the 3 child seats, maybe it’s time to retire the plate you got in college. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2249 "2026-01-10T21:57:03Z")
Maybe they thought their children were cute. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2250 "2026-01-10T23:29:59Z")
Good thought I had not had. Saw **IMJBF** on a 5-character [something] booster plate. The driver’s initials are JBF I assume. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2251 "2026-01-11T08:35:16Z")
**KNOT 1** It’s a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2252 "2026-01-11T16:20:04Z")
A pharmacist driving a Mazda RX-7 with the plate RXN. Dual meaning, very clever. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2253 "2026-01-12T02:36:07Z")
Maybe they drive really really slow? Me I could not quite remember what was after six in french for a brief moment fortunately **SEPT** happened to drive in front of me. If you have a regular sized minivan then **5NDONE** seems to be a good idea. I hope that if I run into [image of a bicep] **&SWEET** it’s the sweet part that is in effect. That last one is apparently a plate to honor the Richmond Planet newspaper and has a flexed bicep on the left. I also saw **RAIDR␣90** which I am fairly certain is a Tusken Raider reference given the Star Wars Rebel Alliance sticker on the back windshield, but that is just my conjecture. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2254 "2026-01-12T17:13:06Z")
Not quite a license plate, but the crowd in this thread are the ones to tackle this mystery. I saw a generic SUV / family wagon with a generic license plate. In the lower left corner of the rear window was a ~2-1/2" diameter plain white sticker of the Apple logo with the little stem & bite taken out. No other distinctive items on the car. What was odd is they had 9 of those Apple stickers all identical and all neatly lined up across the bottom left of their rear window. Took up about 1/3rd of the rear window width. They love Apple that much? They own 9 Apple devices? They ??? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2255 "2026-01-12T17:22:38Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > They own 9 Apple devices? Or, they have owned 9 Apple devices over time. Apple has included those stickers in the box for some time. It sounds like that car owner might have been inspired by the “stick figure family” stickers, which tend to get placed in the same spot in the rear window. And Apple’s one of those brands which has a core (pun intended) of “true believer” fans/owners. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2256 "2026-01-12T17:40:20Z")
Sorry, I was only at post 756, and I had to skip. Did anyone ever tell @LSLGuy that it’s _mondo_, not _mongo_? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2257 "2026-01-12T18:02:45Z")
Mongo only pawn in game of life. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2258 "2026-01-12T18:03:57Z")
No they didn’t. Because that would be incorrect. Or at least incomplete. You will find if you research that “mongo” is also a word meaning “large” or “huge” as one of its definitions. Whether that originated as a mishearing of “mondo” is hard to say. But it’s well established for decades now. There’s a reason the large dumb oaf character in _Blazing Saddles_ was named “Mongo”, not “Mondo”. That movie was written in the early 1970s and released in 1974. It seems everyone else has known this for 50 years. You must’ve missed the memo. ETA: Dammit **Boogie** , you beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2259 "2026-01-12T18:09:23Z")
[If you say so. _shrug_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo_film) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2260 "2026-01-12T18:47:39Z")
“world” is one of many definitions of “mondo”. Not the sole one. Which objection here seems misplaced when your point seemed to have been me using “mongo”, not “mondo”, for “large” was an error. Whatever point(s) you are trying to make, it’s not coming through loud and clear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=114)