# 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:** 33
**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:** [August 22, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/641 "2024-08-22T15:14:50Z")
I live in an area with lots of Spanish speakers from all over Latin America. Today I saw **CUCHA UP**. Google _et al_ are all over the map on what this term means, and especially what it means as slang. As different as the varieties of English worldwide are, lots of countries also speak Spanish and there’s lots of local variation. Various options are dog, old lady, dog bed, calf, cud, dog kennel, scoop, damn, or cheap/low quality/tacky. And many more ideas even less likely. Based on the vehicle, driver, and context where I saw them, I’m going with an intended meaning somewhere near “Go ugly/tacky early”. Though it might just be “Everything’s better with more dogs”. Who’s to know? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/642 "2024-08-22T15:36:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > late model white & black Corvette I want you to know how mentally painful it was to have the colors switched on me like that. It’s black and white, you godless heathen barbarian! ---
**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:** [August 22, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/643 "2024-08-22T16:03:03Z")
All white car with black carbon fiber trim pieces, bumper accents, & convertible top. Not something I’d be seen in; too _gauche_ for me. But I reports 'em like I sees 'em. Sorry. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/644 "2024-08-26T04:07:05Z")
My Oh My… [![](https://i.imgur.com/YHlJbo5.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YHlJbo5.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/RIKYtIa.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RIKYtIa.jpeg) It’s not spelled My Oh My, but it’s close and I’m pretty sure that’s what it means. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/645 "2024-08-26T16:02:13Z")
In the last couple of days I saw a generic plate background with **Y BE SAD**. And a Support Education specialty background with **WMMN**. In fine Florida style the Support Education plate has a pretty orange and turquoise beach scene with palm trees, clouds, and the rising / setting sun, plus two people holding books or tablets sitting in the sand “studying” under the palm tree. Which sounds like a pretty unserious way to do education. So _very_ Florida. But it is pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/646 "2024-08-30T15:10:38Z")
Saw one yesterday on the commute home - HEYDDY I presume Hey, Daddy. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/647 "2024-08-30T15:20:16Z")
I saw ADDAM5 this morning. They also had an “The Addams Family” decal on the window and a bumper sticker of Thing. But I’m taking a WAG that their last name is Addams. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/648 "2024-09-02T07:44:40Z")
How do you get “icky” from “Ücke”? Isn’t “Ue” the umlaut-less representation of “Ü”? Wouldn’t the name sound more like “oo-keh”? (Not that I’m doubting that that’s the way your friend says the name, but I’ve seen some really weird anglicizations of German names. Like how did they get “Bay-ner” for Boehner (Böhner), which sounds more like “burner”?) ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/649 "2024-09-02T12:13:14Z")
I saw a Tesla Model S the other day whose plate was **TRN TAY** which I take to be the Spanish word _triente_ meaning thirty. The decorative license plate frame looked like the seaming on a baseball. So probably a fan of some baseball player who wears #30. Or maybe the player himself. There was nothing about the car to indicate which team or era. Or maybe we just have a baseball fan who got the car at age 30 or as a 30th birthday gift. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/650 "2024-09-03T23:54:50Z")
And another … A late model Corvette w Ohio plates here in SoFL. The not very imaginative custom text read **OH DENNY**. I got a good look at Denny. He’s about 68, white, & overweight. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/651 "2024-09-04T00:11:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I got a good look at Denny. He’s about 68, white, & overweight. Yeah, but his friends think he’s a stitch! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/652 "2024-09-04T14:24:09Z")
I am surprised this one was allowed. ROOTANG Um, drop the “leg” on the “R” and you get … ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/653 "2024-09-04T23:03:27Z")
I recently saw MUTES 89 and began wondering about the significance. My best (or at least most entertaining) guess was that the driver is involuntarily exposed at his/her place of employment to an FM radio station whose center frequency is 89 megahertz, and thus kills the volume at any opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/654 "2024-09-05T04:58:11Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/EAyV1eA.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/EAyV1eA) Not a clue as to what it means, seen on I-84 early this afternoon. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/655 "2024-09-05T10:58:51Z")
Maybe they lost a lot of weight? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/656 "2024-09-05T11:07:55Z")
A pair of older Ferraris the other day in San Carlos. What does **LL LBWLK** mean? [![](https://i.imgur.com/R29PCXb.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/R29PCXb.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/NIVuxoV.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/NIVuxoV.jpeg) And, **SLOMO27**? Slow mo? [![](https://i.imgur.com/0VBCMtd.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/0VBCMtd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/657 "2024-09-05T11:41:48Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Maybe they lost a lot of weight? Sounds like a reasonable guess! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/658 "2024-09-05T13:51:03Z")
6666666 That’s 7 6s. 133% bigger than the Beast? ILVMYDNR So, the driver gets into a bad wreck. The EMT’s arrive and see the plate. Do they do nothing? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/659 "2024-09-05T15:58:25Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > LL LBWLK I’m wondering if that one, at least the LBWLK part is related to this: > **[Liberty Walk Shop – Official Liberty Walk Performance Body Kits](https://libertywalk.shop/)** > > Shop Liberty Walk Body Kits and view the latest LB★Works, LB★Performance and LB★Nation Body Kits for Nissan, Lamborghini, Ford, Scion, Ferrari, Mazda, Nissan, McLaren, Toyota, Dodge and more. Browse all Official Liberty Walk Body Kits Now from an... ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/660 "2024-09-05T16:18:07Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > 6666666 > > That’s 7 6s. 133% bigger than the Beast? Probably 10,010x bigger than the original triple-digit Beast. So more like **SUPER-DUPER-MONGO-BEEEEST** 😉 > [@ftg](#): > > ILVMYDNR > > So, the driver gets into a bad wreck. The EMT’s arrive and see the plate. Do they do nothing? Either that’s really “dinner” and the driver is too obese to extract from the wreck. Or it’s really “donor” and the driver already survived a wreck, extraction, and surgical repair using someone else’s used parts. For which they are grateful. 😁  [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=34)