# 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:** 191
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3801 "2026-10-19T20:01:33Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > but PERLA is medical shorthand for Pupils - Equal, Round, and responsive to Light and Accomodation. Probably something else Y’know, it could apply to the other kind of pupils, too. I know that I responded well to Light and Accommodation when I was in grammar school. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3802 "2026-10-19T20:02:01Z")
“Perla” is Spanish for “pearl”. Which is a female given name as well as the spherical shiny jewelry-making stuff that grows in oysters. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3803 "2026-10-19T23:51:48Z")
Saw a couple over the weekend… **MSPIGGI** on a silver SUV in the small town my sister lives in **PRDU** with a Purdue Boilermakers frame, don’t remember the car it was attached to ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3804 "2026-10-20T15:50:52Z")
**ASR O2** on a Subaru. “Something oxygen?” Is ASR an acronym for something? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3805 "2026-10-20T20:32:10Z")
Everything is an acronym for something. Wiki lists about a page of ASR = [something] articles. Looking over that list, I’d sooner bet that’s their initials. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3806 "2026-10-20T22:00:50Z")
We need vehicle related bumper stickers too. I once saw one on a pickup that said **YES THIS IS MY TRUCK AND NO I WILL NOT HELP YOU MOVE** ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3807 "2026-10-20T22:13:59Z")
Here’s a couple day’s worth: - **5⎵PAMELA** on a FL standard plate on a Model Y. Not too exciting. - **BIZ⎵LOC8** on a FL 7-character scuba booster plate on an Audi convertible coupe. Either a business broker or a commercial real estate broker? - **NECHAMA** on a FL standard plate on a Hyundai crossover. Google informs me it’s a Hebrew woman’s name representing comforting or consoling. Although whether the owner meant the sentiment itself or the woman’s name I can’t say. - **CHIRK⎵2** on a FL standard plate on a Porsche Macan crossover. The only idea I had is the plate is a snip of a larger saying “Zis is a Cherman car und I drive like ze chirk too”. The first half is implied by the car it’s attached to. Anyone got a better idea? - **RED⎵2020** on a FL standard plate on a Corvette. Yep, a red one that looked 5-ish years old, maybe more. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3808 "2026-10-20T22:33:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > We need vehicle related bumper stickers too. We’ve got a thread for that: > [@Amusing or baffling bumper stickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-or-baffling-bumper-stickers/1028872): > > I’m surprised that there isn’t already a thread on this subject (at least, not that I could find). Here’s mine from today. Any ideas what it means? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3809 "2026-10-20T22:39:04Z")
Just a little while ago I saw AMORRR. Now that I typed it out, I don’t know what it means. When I saw it, I assumed it was armorer and that it was someone that worked at the gun range a few blocks away. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3810 "2026-10-20T22:46:47Z")
Possibly “amor”, as in Spanish for “love”, with an exaggerated rolled ‘r’ at the end? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3811 "2026-10-20T22:57:45Z")
Thank you for that, I hadn’t seen the thread. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3812 "2026-10-20T23:38:46Z")
Parked next to an SUV with **LVCFEE** (love coffee) in the parking garage this morning and then on the way home was behind a car with **OETTING**. I’m assuming the latter is someone’s name as I knew someone with that name but I couldn’t see the driver to tell if it was the guy I knew. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3813 "2026-10-21T16:12:50Z")
**B 🖤 GEY** on a Honda Odyssey minivan. “Bogey” but spelled with a heart? A love bogey? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3814 "2026-10-21T16:14:44Z")
**3SNOW3** on a Hyundai sedan. Three Snow Three? Three’s Now Three? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3815 "2026-10-21T20:42:50Z")
On a Toyota minivan: **STNGNJN**. The license plate frame said “Damsel in Defense” and the rear window was an ad for Stun Gun Jen’s website. I’m guessin’ ain’t nobody messes with Jen. 😮 ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3816 "2026-10-21T21:13:23Z")
On a green BMW M3: **XCOOSEM3**. I just got it while typing, so excuse me. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3817 "2026-10-21T22:47:31Z")
**LIPOSXN**. I presume a cosmetic surgeon. The car had a Sierra Club bumper sticker, which presented an odd mix of nature and artifice. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3818 "2026-10-21T23:02:48Z")
**3ELIEVE** My eye automatically supplied the missing vertical line, then I said, “Wait,” and looked at it again and it turned out to be a 3 not a B. Or so I believe. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3819 "2026-10-21T23:24:42Z")
That tale really gives me the threebie beebies. :shiver: 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3820 "2026-10-23T17:12:57Z")
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