# 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:** 152
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3021 "2026-04-29T17:03:43Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **AWSOME3** on a Nissan Cube. Apparently at least 3 other people already thought they or their car were awesome. Whether the Cube or its driver actually are awesome is, well, a subjective matter. If it is a Nissan Cube, then it could be a family car. If there are three people in the family, it could be that together there the awsome 3. Or what you posited. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3022 "2026-04-29T17:15:55Z")
> [@icon](#): > > If it is a Nissan Cube, then it could be a family car. If there are three people in the family, it could be that together there the awsome 3. Perhaps the Fantastic Four had to rebrand when Johnny Storm went on leave. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3023 "2026-04-29T17:20:49Z")
Chaud is hot in French. Maybe that was indeed an I and they were going for hottie? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3024 "2026-04-30T01:30:23Z")
The ones I remember from the last couple of days: - **GRIDDLE** : Either an enthusiastic amateur or a professional cook? - **HEYS3XY** : On a tuner growling and farting its way through the traffic on the highway, with annoying blinking brake lights. I’m surprised the state approved this one. - **3LDLBROS** : Has/is one of three younger brothers? - **GO PW** : Given where I saw it, it was obviously a reference to Port Washington, a village on the north shore of Long Island, NY. A large SUV, perhaps belonging to parents of an athlete in the local school. - **NY MUSIC** : This one has me a little puzzled. Given that it was on a NY plate, the **NY** seems superfluous, so must be otherwise important. Two theories: (a) That the owner teaches music in a local school and the reference is to [NYSSMA](https://www.nyssma.org/), which is well-known among school musicians and teachers. (b) It’s a reference to [NY Music](https://nymusickr.com/), which appears to be a Korea-based promoter of K-Pop. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3025 "2026-04-30T02:22:16Z")
**SLAPZZZ** on a white pickup with a ladder rack that looked like a contractor’s truck. Which makes me wonder if it’s meant to evoke the sound of a hammer and a saw. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3026 "2026-04-30T11:03:31Z")
Just a couple in the last day-plus: - **JUN⎵⎵VIC** on a FL standard plate on a Kia Sorrento crossover. She’s June & he’s Victor? If so, a nice change of pace from the usual his’n’hers initials like “JAS VCS”. It was parked and empty so I couldn’t see the driver’s gender. And ref this … > [@Railer13](#): > > Ima gonna go out on limb here and surmise that the owner of this plate is an outdoors person that likes the mountains. What they are doing in the middle of the flatlands is unknown. > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/oSEQEtM) My other find was - **MTN⎵⎵LIF** on a FL 7-character Florida panther/wildcat conservation booster plate. Here in flatter-than-Kansas Florida. They did not however have all sorts of outdoorsy bumper stickers too, so your find is better than mine. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3027 "2026-04-30T11:49:10Z")
VW Atlas with **BAGHDAD** VW GTI Mark 7 with **MK 7** Jeep Gladiator with **YEAIKNO** ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3028 "2026-04-30T15:59:02Z")
Just two this morning that weren’t repeats: **MWUTIAM** on an late 1990s Chevy Tahoe. I am what I am. **FABIANE** on a new Land Rover Discovery. Not sure about that one. The feminine version of Fabio? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3029 "2026-04-30T17:15:13Z")
**68RRR88** on a late-model Chevy pickup. No idea. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3030 "2026-04-30T17:22:18Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > **68RRR88** on a late-model Chevy pickup. Grrrrrrreat? (Hear that in the voice of Tony the Tiger.) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3031 "2026-04-30T20:43:24Z")
**R3ZNOR** Nine Inch Nails fan, perhaps. **OFF WHT3** on a white Kia, not particularly anything other than dead white. **R3LTOR** Realtor obviously, reinforced by a sticker with presumably their Instagram account, _cokerealtor_ ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3032 "2026-04-30T23:35:39Z")
A black Ford F150 pickup with Oklahoma plates: **1YESHUA**. The license plate frame said In God We Trust. The rear window sported a large eagle decal, American flags for wings, oversized talons outstretched to strike. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3033 "2026-04-30T23:52:02Z")
**BSM TREY** on something black and sporty looking that was zipping in and out of traffic cutting people off left and right. I got a good look at the plate when he tried to take my front bumper off. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3034 "2026-04-30T23:53:41Z")
I really liked this one I saw today: **SYRAQQQS**. Taking advantage of NY’s 8-character allowance. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3035 "2026-05-01T21:10:14Z")
**ZGURU 7** a gray Hyundai sedan **EPICJAN** a sporty black car driven by a middle aged woman; all the women named Jan who I know are in their 50s or older **TIDYTEAM** a minivan, maybe belongs to a housekeeping company? **CHAP4RRO** with an A, that’s Mexican Spanish for short guy ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3036 "2026-05-01T22:44:55Z")
I’m out of the country a few days. This is my recent haul & will have to do until late next week. But some pretty obscure plates. - **DGN⎵ULU** on a FL standard plate on a Mustang coupe. Color me baffled. - **TRILON** on a FL standard plate on Mustang Mach E crossover. Still mystified. - **CYMREIG** on a FL 7-character something booster plate on an SUV. I was baffled. Google now informs me that’s Welsh for … “Welsh”. As in Welshness of culture or ethnicity, not in the sense of the language. Cute. - **04AMUSE** on a FL 7-character fine arts booster plate on a Hyundai crossover. “Oh, for a muse!”. Clever. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3037 "2026-05-01T23:41:30Z")
One today: **ZZ DOC**. Not an MD plate that NY offers, just a regular one, so probably some other kind of “doc,” but I thought it was clever. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3038 "2026-05-02T02:15:32Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > **ZZ DOC**. Not an MD plate that NY offers, just a regular one, so probably some other kind of “doc,” Perhaps a doctor who specializes in sleep disorders or sleep apnea. Or has the initials ZZ. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3039 "2026-05-02T03:26:57Z")
**N8Z ILX** on an Acura ILX. I assume it’s Nate’s ILX. **GOR8IDR** – I bet they’re sad the Raiders moved. **BPW4EVR** – Google tells me BPW is “Business and Professional Women”, so that’s probably it. (It could also be “Bureau of Public Works”, but I can’t imagine someone putting that in a license plate.) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3040 "2026-05-02T04:03:48Z")
**WRGHT5** **ELKCRUZ** **ESTRADA** Three names, I’m guessing, one with their favorite game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=153)