# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1781 "2025-09-06T22:51:41Z")
**KAH CHOW**? Someone who’s a Lightning McQueen fan? ---
**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 7, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1782 "2025-09-07T00:01:26Z")
XR4TED on a Tesla this morning. ---
**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 7, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1783 "2025-09-07T00:08:26Z")
TIL. Thank you. That’s probably it. The car was a nondescript sedan. Be better if the car had some pizzazz. But the owner can dream I guess. ---
**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 7, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1784 "2025-09-07T14:44:31Z")
Scored 3 this morning: - **LASER⎵5** on a nearly new large Mercedes. Maybe a dermatologist or eye surgeon? - **GYMRATS** on a Cadillac SUV. At least in the face and hair the driver much more resembled a 40yo real estate agent than a gym rat. But she might be in fantastic shape. - **VEROOM** on a McLaren super sportscar. Vroom-vroom indeed. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1785 "2025-09-07T17:15:58Z")
**GLADYS** on a red Jeep. The driver was an older woman… about the right age to be named Gladys. ---
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1786 "2025-09-07T17:31:16Z")
NEDKLDO on a license plate attached to a sort of ratty looking little sedan with a couple of big women sitting on the front seats. I’ll let you guess 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:** [September 7, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1787 "2025-09-07T17:54:09Z")
She liked both Darrins? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1788 "2025-09-07T17:56:56Z")
Saw **LOON3Y** this morning on a 20-year-old pickup. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1789 "2025-09-08T17:39:15Z")
Scored two not very interesting ones this afternoon - **FAMA** on a small SUV hatchback thingy. - **NEECY68** on a older Audi sedan. Both presumably varations on names or nicknames. I tried making some plays on the current meme-ish acronym FOMO but wasn’t getting anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1790 "2025-09-08T21:45:58Z")
Well Fama means Fame in Spanish, so that is a possibility for that one. In my case **A␣MISSY** said to me **CHR15T** if you put **GOD␣1ST** you get an **A1␣GOD**. I wasn’t sure about all that, but at least I am not a **DPPLGNR** (or at least I don’t think I am). I choose to interpret the A1 GOD as AI GOD because of the times, though it was on a pick-up truck. I guess it could be someone who really likes A1 steak sauce. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [September 8, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1791 "2025-09-08T23:56:07Z")
One interesting one today: **AKA BUB**. OK bub. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1792 "2025-09-09T15:59:23Z")
This morning I saw **GHSTLDR**. Ghost leader? Ghostly Doctor? ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1793 "2025-09-09T18:07:08Z")
Saw an example of the FL scuba enthusiast plate with **LAX⎵MOM**. I’m not sure if she’s a bad parent, a laid-back parent, from Los Angeles, or something else. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1794 "2025-09-09T18:15:44Z")
That reminds me of one I saw several years ago (which I may have already mentioned): **LAXRULES**. I wasn’t sure if the owner was a big fan of the Los Angeles International Airport (or just Los Angeles in general, I suppose), or opposed to the strict enforcement of rules. I later learned that LAX is also a common shorthand for the sport La Crosse, and that’s the most likely interpretation. That actually works for yours, too. ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1795 "2025-09-09T18:18:51Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I later learned that LAX is also a common shorthand for the sport La Crosse, and that’s the most likely interpretation. That actually works for yours, too. I was going to note the same thing. Years ago, I was in Baltimore for some focus groups, and the facility where we were doing the groups was located in a small mall, where there was a store with a big sign: “LAX Zone.” That was the day I learned that “LAX” is shorthand for lacrosse, and that lacrosse is a popular sport in that part of the country. ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1796 "2025-09-09T18:38:35Z")
Thank you. Now that I read this, I recall you explaining about LAX = Lacrosse upthread someplace. I sure would not hav ecome up with that memory on my own though. Having grown up in Los Angeles with a Dad who worked at LAX the big airport, the power of that interpretation blinded me to the others. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1797 "2025-09-09T18:58:12Z")
And in my mind, “Lacrosse” is first and foremost a small city in Wisconsin, so out of habit I went and capitalized it and separated it into two words, since that is how the city is spelled. ---
**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 9, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1798 "2025-09-09T20:03:14Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > This morning I saw **GHSTLDR**. Ghost leader? Ghostly Doctor? Just for kicks I googled that one and someone else posted it to Reddit. Assuming this is the same car: [![](https://preview.redd.it/kse2av0sendf1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5f18ab4f39a776df11e1fcce303f9843154d91c3) ](https://preview.redd.it/kse2av0sendf1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5f18ab4f39a776df11e1fcce303f9843154d91c3) Also, Reddit has an entire sub just for posting pictures of license plates. There’s a lot of good ones over there. > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/LICENSEPLATES/new/)** ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1799 "2025-09-09T20:05:23Z")
A blue Honda Fit! That’s indeed the same one. ---
**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 9, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1800 "2025-09-09T20:44:29Z")
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