# 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:** 93
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1841 "2025-09-22T23:25:34Z")
**GPZYMGK** It took me a few moments to figure it out: Gypsy magic. I could not tell of the driver was Roma or not. ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1842 "2025-09-22T23:38:42Z")
I have to go into the office this week for various reasons. Hoping to at least get to see some interesting plates while I’m stuck in traffic at the detour. Today on my way home I saw **BUG SLYR**. Not sure if they meant IT “bugs” or exterminator bugs. Non-descript green truck. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1843 "2025-09-23T00:24:56Z")
Well, depending on where they are driving, and how fast, there is no doubt that the vehicle itself is a bug slayer. I mean the first Men In Black film illustrated that quite nicely in the first few minutes. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1844 "2025-09-23T00:26:10Z")
That is quite clever and it would have elicited a laugh from me. Thanks for sharing. `//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 24, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1845 "2025-09-24T23:39:24Z")
Two interesting ones today. This one I don’t get, and almost didn’t notice because its pattern looked like a random plate (but it doesn’t match the current NY state pattern): **X38 7LB**. Any ideas? The other was **NOT3PUTT**. Clearly a golfer and I wonder if it’s related to the fact that the Ryder Cup is taking place on Long Island this weekend. It was a fair distance from the site and headed away from it, but still. ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1846 "2025-09-24T23:51:24Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > This one I don’t get, and almost didn’t notice because its pattern looked like a random plate (but it doesn’t match the current NY state pattern): **X38 7LB**. Any ideas? Probably a reach, but the [X-38](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_X-38) was an experimental aircraft, which was designed to be a possible “lifeboat” for the International Space Station, in order to allow an ISS crew to return back to Earth without use of a Space Shuttle Orbiter or a Russian spacecraft. As the X-38 design was meant to hold up to seven astronauts, “7LB” could be “seven + lifeboat” or “seven + lifting body” (as the X-38 had a “lifting body” design). The X-38 project was cancelled in 2002, after several prototypes had been built, and several test flights had been done. > [@Topologist](#): > > The other was **NOT3PUTT**. Clearly a golfer and I wonder if it’s related to the fact that the Ryder Cup is taking place on Long Island this weekend. It was a fair distance from the site and headed away from it, but still. Yeah, it might be connected to the Ryder Cup, but that just reads to me like a normal everyday golf nut’s license plate. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1847 "2025-09-25T02:52:03Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > The other was **NOT3PUTT**. I posted this one from earlier this year: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/73hWFwJ.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/73hWFwJ) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1848 "2025-09-25T10:01:59Z")
The first **D1D␣JOKE** was fine, but I did not care for the **NEXT60**. I also don’t think that **INK␣ME** is a particularly good thing to ask for when you are driving down the road. I could not tell if the person driving the latter had any tattoos or not as they were ahead of me and then I took a left turn. I should **ASK␣LUKA** what happened to Bruce Wayne to cause him to drive an ordinary black car as his **8ATMB1L**. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1849 "2025-09-26T06:48:27Z")
Seen in Las Vegas on a trip there this week: **BISHOP** Might have been LDS. ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1850 "2025-09-27T14:15:41Z")
I spotted this one yesterday and thought it was cute. **HUGMNOW** ← hug me now! Looking for love in all the wrong places, perhaps? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1851 "2025-09-27T21:47:42Z")
Huge minnow? 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1852 "2025-09-28T00:19:31Z")
Huge me now? As in “I’ve gained a lot of weight lately” or “I’m pregnant with triplets”? ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1853 "2025-09-29T23:53:45Z")
Nothing too interesting the last few days but I did see **RJSMOM** today. It was some sort of military support license plate but it was dark and I couldn’t tell which branch. ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1854 "2025-09-30T01:55:49Z")
Saw **ZIG JAG** today. No clue what it means, but it’s certainly unique. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1855 "2025-09-30T01:59:59Z")
I saw a rusty, POS pickup today with the plate **GIGITY**. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1856 "2025-10-01T21:14:15Z")
Last night in the southern Chicago suburbs I saw a Tesla sedan with **DAPLUG.** ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1857 "2025-10-01T22:46:11Z")
> [@motu](#): > > Last night in the southern Chicago suburbs I saw a Tesla sedan with **DAPLUG** Which, of course, I had to read out loud in the Chicago “Superfans” accent. ---
**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 1, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1858 "2025-10-01T23:36:40Z")
My boss decided it was too nice today to have our meeting in a conference room so we walked to Starbucks. Along the way I saw **BIKER** on a small white car with a bike rack. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1859 "2025-10-02T12:29:50Z")
An older Caddy Coupe Deville with **XANAX** [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/9uAIunK.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/9uAIunK) ---
**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 3, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1860 "2025-10-03T16:42:40Z")
I’m back home after ~2 weeks gone. Scored 2 today so far: - **TEEF** on a Genesis (Hyundai) big sedan. Somebody in the dental biz perhaps? - **70⎵STAGE** on a newish Jeep Wrangler 4 door. Somebody born in the 70s would be 45 to 55 right now. Maybe it’s a ref to a midlife “crisis” or “reawakening”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=94)