# Guess the meaning of this vanity plate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224 "2015-10-20T11:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/41 "2015-10-26T16:27:01Z")
> [@Krouget](#): > > Why do you have to be searching for offense, to see rape? If you can think of one hundred interpretations, this could certainly be one of them. Because “R88888P” has absolutely nothing to do with rape except for two letters? What if their license plate said “RUMPLE”? That one even includes _three_ of the letters from the word “rape”. Still, “rape” seems an equally unlikely interpretation in both cases. ---
**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/42 "2015-10-26T17:18:53Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Because “R88888P” has absolutely nothing to do with rape except for two letters? It’s the placement of the two letters and the repeated _ei_ sound that carries between them. Don’t have to be offended to see it.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/43 "2015-10-26T18:29:09Z")
I saw a license plate yesterday that said N8VYMOM, which I’m sure is meant to be Navy Mom and it reminded me of this thread. I don’t know what R88888P is supposed to mean, but I sincerely doubt it’s malicious. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/44 "2015-10-27T00:06:35Z")
Navy Mom should learn that the conventional L337 substitute for A is 4, and B for 8. ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/45 "2015-10-27T14:23:33Z")
Which conventional spellings were probably already taken. As was the truly conventional spelling NAVYMOM. As with domain names and usernames, the nice easy ones are all used up effectively forever. So folks have to get ever more clever (or is that cryptic) to encode their message. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/46 "2015-10-27T14:55:07Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I don’t know what R88888P is supposed to mean, but I sincerely doubt it’s malicious. Exactly. It could be something as innocuous as “Our Hitler, Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Pee!” ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/47 "2015-10-27T14:59:54Z")
> [@jacobsta811](#): > > 8 is a lucky number in Chinese. My guess would be an Asian person where the initials mean something - their initials, one of theirs and one of their wives, something like that. I would bet $20 that this is the answer. We have a large ex-pat Chinese population where I live, and vanity plates featuring 8’s are common. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/48 "2015-10-29T18:44:10Z")
Sorry, duplicate post. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224/49 "2015-10-29T18:45:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out what to make of the 14KGFPD plate I saw last week. > [@Honey](#): > > There are several SDMB threads about license plates, with that exact plate number mentioned. Odd. It’s a reference to a [classic puzzler](http://www.14kofginafpd.com/items.php?id=11) that preoccupied several Dopers a few years ago, and even spawned the linked site. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-meaning-of-this-vanity-plate/735224.md?page=2)