# 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:** 122
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2421 "2026-02-16T20:29:59Z")
Scored a few today so far. Busy day … - **LEEM** on a FL standard plate on a BMW convertible. Respelling of Liam? A nickname? - **BLUFFY** on a FL standard plate on a Lincoln Navigator. I was hoping Bluffy was a cute young blond vampire slayer. Nope. A 60ish dude w short gray hair and a neat gray beard. - **GIULS** on a FL 5-character tropical reef booster plate on a car. So with pix of bright coral & tropical fishes. Very festive and fun. This was at the mall in an area where many employees park. Perhaps they sell jewels? Maybe their name is Jules? Or Giles? - **TOM⎵PAC** on a FL agriculture booster plate on an SUV. Maybe just their name, but with that plate background I was hoping the owner was somehow in the tomato packing business. Florida grows over half the tomatoes grown in the USA. Lots of that production is in the boonies near here. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2422 "2026-02-16T21:51:28Z")
**ALLONS-Y** 1 I am **4SURE␣L8** with posting licenses I have seen in the wild. I was not present to hear **A5LAN** go **RWAAAR** thought that is something **CATBO1** would have appreciated. It might have scared the **GATITOS** 2 but encouraged the Clemson **TI6ERS** 3 fans. **ABEAR2** would not have been phased by the sound and if spooked **B1RDMAN** would have just flown away. I have others because like @LSLGuy I have been saving them on my phone when stopped at a light and before they vanish from my brain into the ether. I will post some more later. `//i\\` 1 French for let’s go. I had actually seen a similar one around here with with a Z instead of the Y which ends up sounding about the same but the Y is the correct spelling. 2 Gatito is spanish for kitten 3 Clemson is a university, and the car did have stickers on it indicating their support for it. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2423 "2026-02-16T22:01:44Z")
> [@icon](#): > > would not have been phased by Nor been fazed by, I suspect 😉 What is your interpretation of **A5LAN** ; I don’t understand that one? But super extra points for your always clever story writing. Much better than my boring recitation of facts. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2424 "2026-02-16T22:08:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What is your interpretation of **A5LAN** ; I don’t understand that one? Aslan, who is a character in C.S. Lewis’s _The Chronicles of Narnia_ novels. He is a talking lion, The King of the Beasts, and is generally seen as an analogue to Jesus. Lewis himself said: > [@](#): > > "…he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, “What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?” > **[Aslan | Christian interpretation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslan#Christian_interpretation)** > > Although Aslan can be read as an original character, parallels exist with Jesus. According to the author, Aslan is not an allegorical portrayal of Christ, but rather a suppositional incarnation of Christ himself: ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2425 "2026-02-17T01:26:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Nor been fazed by, I suspect 😉 bah! I double confused myself with that one, first thinking my first spelling choice was wrong, then making the mistake anyway! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > What is your interpretation of **A5LAN** ; I don’t understand that one? @kenobi_65 has it right. I read the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis several times as well as the books written by his friend J.R.R. Tolkien `//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:** [February 17, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2426 "2026-02-17T01:52:04Z")
> [@icon](#): > > I double confused myself with that one, first thinking my first spelling choice was wrong, then making the mistake anyway! When I do that I blame spellcheck. Set phasers / fazers to “deflect blame” mode. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2427 "2026-02-20T00:45:02Z")
Scored a couple today - **PDR⎵PUF** on a FL standard plate on a generic small sedan. Probably referring to Powder Puff Football. Doing some quick research it turns out powder puff or powderpuff is much more of an idea than a league. Seems there never was an official sanctioning body like Pop Warner boys football has. Color me surprised; all these years I had totally assumed there was one. I also learned there’s such a thing as powder puff hockey. Who knew? - **VOR⎵GOL** on a FL standard plate on a generic pickup truck. Lot of Latin and Brazilian folks in the area so the plate might not represent English. GOL is the major Brazilian airline. Gol is also the Spanish word for “goal” as in scoring a point in fútbol. Anyhow, I have no clue in any language. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2428 "2026-02-20T18:23:10Z")
Saw **1AA** today on some sort of specialty plate. Just got a quick glimpse of it and might have helped decipher the meaning if I could tell what kind of plate it was. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2429 "2026-02-20T19:10:44Z")
Saw three today but could only write down two. The other is gone in the mists of lost memory. Oh well. - **CONKRTE** on a NY standard plate on a Rolls Royce convertible. Evidently the construction (or body disposal) business is very very good to him. - **BOXJR** on a FL 5-character Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team booster plate on a shiny red Mustang. A boxer, the kid of a boxer, or somebody whose last name is Box? ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2430 "2026-02-20T19:25:26Z")
YAHWEY\_1 on a beater Toyota SUV ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2431 "2026-02-20T19:36:39Z")
I just remembered the other. - **IOU⎵⎵0** on an out of state plate on a snazzy top-of-the-line Mercedes. At first I read it as “It’s paid for; no loan outstanding”. So a smug message, but not a gross message. With more thought I read it as “I, the car owner, owe you, the general public, exactly zero. Paying taxes or caring about anything but raw selfishness is for losers. Not for me.” Which is it? Or something altogether different? No way to say for sure. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2432 "2026-02-20T21:17:38Z")
Went out to run a few errands on my work from home day and spotted two: **JUSFANC** on a crossover of some sort, I think maybe a Subaru Outback but it wasn’t that memorable. No idea what that means. **TRK DAZ** on a Lotus. I bet he does take it to track days. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2433 "2026-02-20T21:58:35Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **JUSFANC** on a crossover of some sort, I think maybe a Subaru Outback but it wasn’t that memorable. No idea what that means. It doesn’t _sound_ like a fancy car. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2434 "2026-02-21T04:09:58Z")
Agree w that. Both the decode and the inaptness. Also saw a Utah plate w **MISFIT8**. Evidently there are several self-avowed misfits in UT. Hyper-normative cultures will do that. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2435 "2026-02-21T04:52:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Also saw a Utah plate w **MISFIT8**. Evidently there are several self-avowed misfits in UT. Hyper-normative cultures will do that. Could also be a fan of the [Misfits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfits_(band)), a “horror punk” band, which has been around since the '70s. I see their logo on T-shirts and stickers from time to time, though I know little about them. [![](https://www.studsandspikes.com/media/catalog/product/cache/ac0a2306909b95a5b7078e2821ec5639/9/p/9pts22misf01_design.jpg) ](https://www.studsandspikes.com/media/catalog/product/cache/ac0a2306909b95a5b7078e2821ec5639/9/p/9pts22misf01_design.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2436 "2026-02-21T08:21:45Z")
**R3BULLYS** , which I hope is a reference to the car owners’ three French bulldogs rather than a commentary on their three children. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2437 "2026-02-21T14:43:07Z")
Seen a few in the past week: MY5KIDS, on a large SUV. SHIZZ, on a specialty plate with a military medal on it (I’m not sure which medal). THE WRLD. Can’t remember any more details on that one. And Cleveland is the right place for a N SHORE plate. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2438 "2026-02-21T22:37:23Z")
**GSSALLY** on a Mustang, so clearly a “Mustang Sally” reference. I’m not sure about the GS part, but after a bit of research I’m pretty sure it was a [GT California Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_(fifth_generation)#GT_California_Special), or GT/CS – it was the same bright blue as the one pictured on Wikipedia, with a hood scoop and a stripe down the side, and now I wish I’d paid more to what the emblem on the stripe said. So I’m guessing GS is a shortening of GT/CS. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2439 "2026-02-22T14:26:26Z")
Quite a haul yesterday. **HVYRSQ7** on a flatbed tow truck working for a local company, [Emergency Towing Transport & Rescue](https://emergencytowingaz.com/). **WHEALTH** on a Tesla. **OZONEL** – Nevada plates. Not sure on this one. **AGEMAME** – Wisconsin plates. I thought it was Age Name but the middle is definitely an M. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2440 "2026-02-22T20:51:08Z")
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