# I don't get this license plate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174 "2020-01-29T17:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/1 "2020-01-29T17:48:54Z")
A photo was posted on a car site and a quick note telling about how popular it was and how a old lady didn’t get it. Well I don’t get it either: 4 FOXS8K Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/2 "2020-01-29T17:50:12Z")
I interpret it as “for fuck’s sake”. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/3 "2020-01-29T17:50:13Z")
“For fuck’s sake!” ---
**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:** [January 29, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/4 "2020-01-29T17:58:30Z")
Which makes you wonder how that got past the DMV’s censors, since profanity isn’t usually allowed on personalized plates. I assume that applies to plates that are meant to be pronounced like dirty words, even if they’re not spelled like them. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/5 "2020-01-29T18:00:05Z")
I’m an old lady, and I got the same interpretation as the previous posters. ~VOW ---
**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:** [January 29, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/6 "2020-01-29T18:12:03Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Which makes you wonder how that got past the DMV’s censors, since profanity isn’t usually allowed on personalized plates. I assume that applies to plates that are meant to be pronounced like dirty words, even if they’re not spelled like them. Clearly, if someone at that state’s DMV looked at it, they gave it a cursory look, and the meaning didn’t immediately register with them. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/7 "2020-01-29T18:19:04Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Clearly, if someone at that state’s DMV looked at it, they gave it a cursory look, and the meaning didn’t immediately register with them. What I’m thinking is that they probably have some computer algorithm to filter the actual dirty words, which obviously didn’t catch this since it’s spelled “fox”. I suspect they rely on complaints from motorists to police the ones like this when they get through. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/8 "2020-01-29T18:29:58Z")
Got it! The page about it was mentioning emojis and that’s what I thought it was. Here is the web page about it. Apparently the local DMV people knew what it meant: > **[A KGB Listener's Custom License Plate \[PHOTO\] | 101.5 KGB](https://101kgb.iheart.com/content/2020-01-29-a-kgb-listeners-custom-license-plate-photo/)** > > This morning we were talking about license plates and how Vermont could be the first US state to allow emojis on license plates. Listener Aaron sent us his custom license plate and told us what emoji he would use. #DSC1015KGB ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/9 "2020-01-29T23:51:04Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I’m an old lady, and I got the same interpretation as the previous posters. > ~VOW Ditto for me. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/10 "2020-01-30T14:22:31Z")
I’ve been watching a show named after a license plate. NOS4A2 Can you guess what it is? I had to look it up, and felt stupid afterwords. Lol ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/11 "2020-01-30T14:41:03Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I’ve been watching a show named after a license plate. > > NOS4A2 > > Can you guess what it is? I had to look it up, and felt stupid afterwords. Lol Nosferatu? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/12 "2020-01-30T14:43:17Z")
Well, I didn’t get it, but I’m going to hijack this to mention a vanity plate I saw last night… CIA GRAD Chef or poser? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/13 "2020-01-30T18:27:53Z")
I saw one years ago: BREAD8 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/14 "2020-01-30T20:13:01Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I saw one years ago: BREAD8 All the others in this thread I didn’t even have to think about, but I don’t get what this is supposed to mean. Bread-ate? Brea-date? Or is the guy just a baker and Bread1-7 were taken? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/15 "2020-01-30T20:18:13Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Nosferatu? LOL! I kinda knew what it was, but didn’t know how to spell it!:smack: ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/16 "2020-01-30T20:20:10Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > All the others in this thread I didn’t even have to think about, but I don’t get what this is supposed to mean. Bread-ate? Brea-date? > > Or is the guy just a baker and Bread1-7 were taken? Hint: You gotta be familiar with Spanish- including the vulgar words. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/17 "2020-01-30T21:01:23Z")
Here’s one I saw over 20 years ago (that’s important): CAT AMT Question is what type of car was it on that made me smile at seeing it? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/18 "2020-01-30T21:31:13Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Or is the guy just a baker and Bread1-7 were taken? A guy I knew in high school had TRUCK2 on his pickup for exactly that reason – TRUCK and TRUCK1 were already taken. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/19 "2020-01-30T21:42:58Z")
My two favorites [ul] [li]FEATURE on a VW Bug[/li][li]VLAD on a Chevy Impala[/li][/ul] But in line with the OP, I saw a pickup today with TRUKYOU. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174/20 "2020-01-30T22:33:09Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > But in line with the OP, I saw a pickup today with TRUKYOU. I’m sure that refers to the University on the Truk Islands in the Pacific. Probably a student. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174.md?page=2)