# 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:** 124
**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 25, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2461 "2026-02-25T06:17:13Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **SEINS** on a VW Golf R (the high performance Golf). I have no idea what that means, but it sounds vaguely German, so maybe something to do with the car? And… Google tells me “‘Seins’ is the plural form of the French noun _sein_, meaning breasts, bosom, or sometimes, metaphorically, the heart/depths of something…” ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2462 "2026-02-25T12:26:59Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Is Ami also a common name in French? Not that I am aware of. I’ve never actually met anyone with that name, and according to most sources it is rare. Aimée on the other hand (which means beloved) is more common. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > And… Google tells me “‘Seins’ is the plural form of the French noun _sein_, meaning breasts, bosom, or sometimes, metaphorically, the heart/depths of something…” I don’t think I have ever heard anyone in conversation use it as the depths of the heart. If I saw that license plate I would immediately giggle. Maybe the owner/driver is a woman? **W4NTED** : someone who can explain what **GHAZT** means. Maybe **H3NRY** , **R1GEL** or **ZA1A** know or I could get help from a **WVU␣ALMN** 1? **RAM1REZ** did tell MacLeod about how the whole immortal thing works, so he could help to figure it out as well. I would be scared to ask **HYSNBRG** though, he might be smart, but he is scary. I do appreciate truth in advertising like when **ORANG9** is the color of your car, or you let people know your vehicle is **CAR1TO** 2. At the same time, I don’t need your advice on how to drive **MAAVAN** , I can decide by myself if I want to **VEER90** so I don’t **CRASH␣01** , `//i\\` 1West Virginia University 2Carito is the diminutive of Caro which in spanish means expensive, so a little expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2463 "2026-02-25T15:44:47Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And tonight I saw: > > **SEINS** on a VW Golf R (the high performance Golf). I have no idea what that means, but it sounds vaguely German, so maybe something to do with the car? > > … SEINS would be HIS in German (for an implied male or neuter object). Of course if US-style long vanity codes were possible in Germany I‘d use MEINS i.e. MINE. ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2464 "2026-02-25T17:00:31Z")
> [@icon](#): > > I don’t think I have ever heard anyone in conversation use it as the depths of the heart. Are you saying Google’s AI was _wrong_? I’m shocked, I tell you. 😉 Anyway, this morning I spotted: - **M OVER M** on a Toyota Tacoma 4x4. No clue what that means. My first thought was mathematical, but that would just resolve to 1. - **HALEYA1** on a Ram pickup. I assume that’s “hell yeah!” in a Southern accent, and perhaps to get around rules forbidding the word “hell”. Although I would think they’d also try to ban alternative spellings like that, but it may have fallen through the cracks. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2465 "2026-02-25T17:04:01Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **M OVER M** on a Toyota Tacoma 4x4. No clue what that means. My first thought was mathimatical, but that would just resolve to 1. Move Over Man! Is what comes to my mind seeing that, as in, get out of my way. Edited to add: Or Maybe Mind Over Matter? `//i\\` ---
**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 25, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2466 "2026-02-25T21:05:50Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > SEINS would be HIS in German (for an implied male or neuter object). Of course if US-style long vanity codes were possible in Germany I‘d use MEINS i.e. MINE. It’s possible the owner’s wife/girlfriend has the equivalent of HERS in German on her car (and perhaps she has a German car as well). Or, given the French translation, I also wonder if the owner is just a guy with the mentality of a 12 year old, and the DMV wouldn’t let him have BOOBS, so he went with the French equivilant. ---
**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 26, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2467 "2026-02-26T01:05:07Z")
Saw **T0X1KA** while stuck in traffic on my way home today. I wondered for a while if it was just an odd combination of characters on a normal plate… except that the normal plates here are either three letters then three numbers or the other way around. So it has to mean something but I have no idea what. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2468 "2026-02-26T01:47:55Z")
Toxic something? I don’t know what the A would be, though. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2469 "2026-02-26T04:11:05Z")
> [@icon](#): > > **W4NTED** : someone who can explain what **GHAZT** means. “Fast”, perhaps? Cf “ghoti,” incorrectly attributed to G.B. Shaw. Do you remember the car it was on? ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2470 "2026-02-26T05:10:23Z")
Tonight I saw: - **ABESOM1** Abe Someone, I assume. - **KRRIISH** Google tells me that _Krrish_ is a Bollywood movie franchise, so I assume it’s that with an extra I. Or maybe I misremembered that extra I; I just got a brief look at that one as I passed the car it was on. - **H** ​❤ **ZARD** , on a new Bronco with some offroading upgrades. I guess HAZARD was taken and they had to get creative. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2471 "2026-02-26T05:38:58Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Edited to add: Or Maybe Mind Over Matter? That’s what I came up with but on a Tacoma… you’re first guess is likely the accurate one. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2472 "2026-02-26T17:28:24Z")
This morning: **WASM12** on a BMW X3. Any ideas? > [@WildaBeast](#): > > **JAS​❤AMI** I was actually wrong about this one – I saw it again today in the parking lot at work. It’s actually **JAS​❤ANI** , not AMI. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2473 "2026-02-27T01:18:28Z")
A Lexus SUV with CA plates: **PAIRSOX** No bumper stickers, plain license frame. I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2474 "2026-02-27T05:46:24Z")
**LNR LNDR** on a black Corvette convertible; **SGL MALT** driven by a lady who, by the looks of her, I’d follow to a bar; **6RAMS16** ; **2WL USMC** on a motorcycle, a rider after my own heart. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2475 "2026-02-27T20:25:51Z")
**H20 VUE** , on a big SUV that wants to tell everyone that they can afford a water view? **BLUE 80** on a royal blue sports car **AUDIGRLY** on a bright pink/purple Audi **UMERR** and **KIMBO** , both ordinary looking sedans, no plate holders with any context I saw all of these within a 3 mile radius today. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2476 "2026-02-27T22:33:28Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Saw **T0X1KA** while stuck in traffic on my way home today If you pronounce it in spanish it would be Toxic with the feminine ending (toxica), so either the car, or the person driving it. > [@Topologist](#): > > “Fast”, perhaps? Cf “ghoti,” incorrectly attributed to G.B. Shaw. Do you remember the car it was on? Maybe it was ghost, the car was white, but did not look like it was particular sporty. > [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > A Lexus SUV with CA plates: **PAIRSOX** No bumper stickers, plain license frame. I would think maybe a Pair of Socks? Or maybe an admonishment to pair socks together? I definitely think you should wear socks and boots on your way **TOBARN** but maybe that is just the kind of advice **MUGL3S** like me give. I wonder if **SPRTS⎵NT** is a **DUKEFN** 1 or likes the **OH1BUX** 2. If they like Michigan they are likely to shout out **GHOBLU** 3! Of course if they were a **G8OR⎵H8R** 4 I would say **HEY⎵DOOD** it is better to **H8EN01** and if they have a violent **RIPOSTE** I would get out of there at **MACH3E**. `//i\\` 1 Let’s god with Duke University for this one 2 Ohio Buckeyes 3 Go Blue! Is a traditional chant for the University of Michigan 4 It could be they don’t like gators instead of the Florida Gators of course ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2477 "2026-02-28T15:52:32Z")
Last October the Arizona Museum of Natural History where I volunteer acquired a van to to outreach programs at the local schools. It has a nice wrap with a big Arcocanthosaurus on the side and has been almost completely booked since we got it. Yesterday it was in the parking lot for the first time in a while and for the first time, I looked at the plate. **DINOS2U** on a Supporting Education plate. ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2478 "2026-02-28T18:57:06Z")
Once again the grocery store parking lot comes through for me. Saw **MRGOFF2** while heading into the store. Apparently there’s more than one Mr. Goff in this town. And then as I was leaving I was behind someone with a police supporter plate that said **RAAWWRRR**. Wonder if that was supposed to be a siren sound? ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2479 "2026-02-28T19:03:24Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > And then as I was leaving I was behind someone with a police supporter plate that said **RAAWWRRR**. Wonder if that was supposed to be a siren sound? In my online gaming communities, “rawwwr” (in various permutations) is a growly sort of version of a wolf whistle or “hubba hubba.” ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2480 "2026-02-28T20:01:04Z")
Out running errands today I saw **KC ET KC**. Any ideas. KC makes me think Kansas City, but that doesn’t explain the ET. Is that E.T. the extra terrestrial, or et. like the Latin term, as in et. al.? Or are ET the initial of a sports star who plays for a Kansas City team, which I’m unaware of because I don’t follow sports? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=125)