# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1141 "2025-03-15T20:11:26Z")
Today, leaving my dentist appt I saw a pretty yet still sensible Lexus sedan with **2U ALOHA**. On a Nebraska plate on a Nebraska car smack dab in the middle of….Nebraska. Still is a nice thought and made me smile. Last week saw **PAGTRNR** on a sleek Suburu Outback much newer than mine outside of an orthopedic surgeons office. When the driver came out I couldn’t resist rolling down my window and asking her “author or reader?”. She answered back “librarian”. I flashed her a thumbs up and a big smile and yelled back “even better!”. ---
**Author:** ![Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hook)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1142 "2025-03-16T15:46:44Z")
Nebraska here as well. Seen today was **QUI QUI**. Not sure of the meaning. I have also seen previously SHALM 2U. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1143 "2025-03-16T16:47:40Z")
> [@Hook](#): > > Seen today was **QUI QUI**. Not sure of the meaning. “Qui” being “who” in both French and Spanish, it could be a reference to that, but “Who Who” may be something that only makes sense to them. Alternately, it could belong to someone named Kiki or Keke. > [@Hook](#): > > I have also seen previously SHALM 2U. Unless they’re referring to an [obscure Medieval woodwind instrument](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawm), looks like “Shalom to you.” ---
**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:** [March 16, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1144 "2025-03-16T19:40:05Z")
Today I saw a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV with one of the FL plate backgrounds that only permit a 5-character ID. Theirs was **CH1VY**. What interested me was that four letters + one number in some position is the standard for those 5-character plates. I’ve seen the number in each of the 5 positions. Which leads me to wonder if this person was by insane good luck issued a plate that matched their car, or they bought that car to match their existing plate, or what. I’d be surprised if the state would hand out personalized plates whose contents fit neatly into the sequence of ordinary plates they’d be issuing later anyhow. Also saw a woman driving a car with Massachusetts plates with **ERYN**. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1145 "2025-03-17T00:40:59Z")
Fuck Elon, and the felon, hardcore. I’m curious if the owner did that on purpose or if they’re two independent statements. [![](https://i.imgur.com/whqdDqZ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/whqdDqZ.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1146 "2025-03-17T20:31:00Z")
I was not expecting to see the PSA’s **DONT␣TXT** nor **WHY␣HATE**. The plate with **CAT␣FUD** on it did have the picture of two birds, so maybe they weren’t referring to themselves. I think it likely thought that **2DAHOOP** is probably watching, or at least following, March Madness. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1147 "2025-03-17T20:32:58Z")
> [@icon](#): > > The plate with **CAT␣FUD** on it did have the picture of two birds, so maybe they weren’t referring to themselves [![](https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/farside-comic-gary-larson-dog-leads-cat-to-washer.jpg) ](https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/farside-comic-gary-larson-dog-leads-cat-to-washer.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1148 "2025-03-17T21:36:33Z")
Today I saw another Massachusetts plate. You can tell it’s still cold up North: they, and the Canadians, are still everywhere down here. Anyhow, the plate said **Z8F**. which I took to be a reference to a last name something like “Zakoreloff” or … ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1149 "2025-03-17T22:39:52Z")
A pretty high opinion of themselves. [![](https://i.gyazo.com/c4d4559c546e952dd071b607b7eabb71.jpg) ](https://i.gyazo.com/c4d4559c546e952dd071b607b7eabb71.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1150 "2025-03-17T23:07:59Z")
**POLICY4U**. I’m assuming they sell insurance. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1151 "2025-03-18T03:06:02Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > A pretty high opinion of themselves. For the benefit of those who don’t recognize the reference – assuming that that says “S TIER” (it’s a bit blurry) – it’s a term (S-tier), originally from video gaming, for the top rank or “best of the best” in characters, equipment, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1152 "2025-03-18T03:11:18Z")
Yeah. I fatfingered something on my phone when I tried to take the pic today and couldn’t get it to zoom properly, it ended up blurry. Interestingly, they had a dash there in between the S and T; I don’t know if that is something you can request on VA plates, or if that was an unauthorized alteration. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1153 "2025-03-18T11:26:19Z")
I saw XRYEYES. Possibly a co-worker of a husband and wife I know that have IDOXRA and IDOXRA2. A friend of mine owns a huge produce distribution company that focuses mainly on tomatoes. Back in the 80’s, his plate was TOM8TO ad his wife had TOM8TO2. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1154 "2025-03-18T13:38:19Z")
Thank you. It meant nothing to me. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1155 "2025-03-18T17:34:20Z")
This is one of those “How did this get past the DMV?” things. **SHARTS** You don’t even have to go to Urban Dictionary for that one. [Here’s](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shart) Mirriam-Webster. (It was _really_ popular in the late 1800s. Googling it also gives suggested treatments.) Having the final “S” suggests that maybe someone had already grabbed the sans-“S” one. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1156 "2025-03-19T13:40:27Z")
I had a good, if perplexing, haul yesterday. Generic car w standard FL plate **MAVIK⎵3**. The “Mavic 3” (note spelling) is a popular drone. Perhaps that’s the meaning? Generic car w standard FL plate **BWINTZ**. I got nuthin. Generic car w out of state plate **JAN3-DA**. Still no clue. And the best of all. Not a custom plate but a standard issue FL sequential plate which are now of the format **ABC⎵D12**. This person had the amazing good luck to draw **NSF⎵W34**. Hint: read it as “ **NSFW 34** ” instead. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1157 "2025-03-19T13:45:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Generic car w out of state plate **JAN3-DA**. Still no clue. Maybe Jane the District Attorney, or someone with the initials D.A., born on January 3rd. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1158 "2025-03-19T19:11:06Z")
Seen at my vets: [![](https://i.imgur.com/B9339jF.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/B9339jF.jpeg) Since they have a British woman who works there, I’m guessing it’s hers ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1159 "2025-03-19T19:27:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Qui” being “who” in both French and Spanish, it could be a reference to that, but “Who Who” may be something that only makes sense to them. Who = **quién** in Spanish ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1160 "2025-03-19T19:43:48Z")
Saw a 4-door Jeep Wrangler with NC plates with **VRYFEWW**. I did not get a good look at the driver. At first I was baffled, but I just had an inspiration while typing. Wiki tells me that Camp Lejeune is in NC. And is home to the Marine Raider Regiment and the Marine Corps Special Operations Command. Perhaps a current or former member of some elite category of US Marine? Not merely one of the few and proud, but one of the very few and very proud? But not so few that somebody else didn’t beat him(?) to getting **VERYFEW** 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=59)