# What does your non-vanity license plate mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360 "2003-04-08T18:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Madame\_Zelda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Madame\_Zelda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madame_Zelda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/1 "2003-04-08T18:58:15Z")
I find that if I relate my run-of-the-mill, state issued license plate characters to words/phrases then I can remember them better. Mine: '75 Merc: **V** ery **A** gressive **G** irl - 747 (by Boeing) '87 Jeep: **D** octor of **V** eterinary **M** edicine - 936 (9-3=6) '67 'Stang: 890-KZKM (an AM radio station west of the Mississippi) We’ll do a different thread some other time for the vanity plates. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/2 "2003-04-08T19:45:38Z")
I will now quickly display my immature sense of humour. 😃 My car, a Hyundai Sonata: DHV-422 - We very frequently refer to that as the **D** ick **h** ead **V** ehicle… and the 422: 4 = 2+2. I forget my parents’ van’s license plate numbers, but the first three letters are DKF, which a friend of mine immediately read as **D** onkey **K** ong **F** latulence. ---
**Author:** ![Madame\_Zelda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Madame\_Zelda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madame_Zelda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/3 "2003-04-08T20:26:13Z")
My sister just called & cracked me up. Her truck has the plate FRA - 007, which she says stands for **F** at **R** ed **A** ss Bondmobile 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/4 "2003-04-08T20:32:14Z")
'02 Grand Am GT - JHX-979. I thought about what that could possibly mean, then it hit me. **J** imi **H** endri **x** died in September 1979! No, wait, it was June 1970 or so. Of course, with this firmly entrenched in my mind, I know that some classic rock radio station will call me out of the blue and offer me a million dollars if I can tell them when Hendrix died, and I’ll muck it all up. ---
**Author:** ![Ego\_Mk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Ego\_Mk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ego_Mk2)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/5 "2003-04-08T20:48:07Z")
698 JSM Think porn. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/6 "2003-04-08T20:55:27Z")
MHU-### Evil Mad Scientist Laugh “Mhu-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!” ---
**Author:** ![Christina25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Christina25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christina25)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/7 "2003-04-08T22:45:00Z")
When I received the plates for my last car my best friend and I nearly died with laughter. Dealer asked if the numbers were significant and we laughed harder. GWF ### Gay White Female – I am a state sanctioned lesbian! I couldn’t have picked out a better plate if I had tried. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/8 "2003-04-08T23:35:24Z")
Mine is EWW ####. My first-ever new, new car and I get “Eww”!?!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/9 "2003-04-09T00:17:41Z")
A friend of mine’s (who is 19) mum has a license plate that starts with PNV. My friend sees it as **P** aul **N** eeds **V** itamins or something like that. Her mum (who is in her 40s, and supposedly more mature) sees it as **P** enis **N** ear **V** agina. Notice I said “or something like that” to Paul Needs Vitamins, because once she told me Penis Near Vagina, I can’t remember anything else clearly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/10 "2003-04-09T00:27:37Z")
A guy I fly with has **AHCK ###**! Sort of like, the exclamation before you run into the deer. That’s car’s been in its share of accidents, of course. ---
**Author:** ![slice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slice)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/11 "2003-04-09T02:59:46Z")
YME-##81 Why Me? I was born in 1981. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/12 "2003-04-09T04:20:17Z")
Our truck: 688 Slovakian Enema Testers ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/13 "2003-04-09T05:02:27Z")
My ex-fiancee’s is YKY-####. I’m always picturing it as “Why KY?”, to which the obvious answer is, “’'cause it hurts when you put it in without it.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cheapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8e7dd6/32.png) [@El\_Cheapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cheapo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/14 "2003-04-09T05:24:42Z")
I once had… QST 069 …looked at it as Quest O’ ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/15 "2003-04-09T05:38:39Z")
Mine’s easy to remember… GZR. Geezer. Makes me feel kind of old. ---
**Author:** ![njufoic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@njufoic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njufoic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/16 "2003-04-09T06:11:56Z")
My own plate isn’t too interesting (JZN-39G, ideas anyone?) but I’ve noticed that, within the last four years, New Jersey has issued plates beginning in JFK, LBJ and MLK…three of the most widely known sets of initials. Incidentally, FDR plates would have been issued in around 1989 by my calculations, but I’ve never seen an FDR plate. -Andrew L ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/17 "2003-04-09T06:38:57Z")
LKZ ### Lazy…krappy…zebra? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/18 "2003-04-09T07:37:06Z")
My brother got, by chance, 1WAW000. So when he got the extra car for the perfect niece he got the vanity plate WAWOOIE. FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/19 "2003-04-09T10:01:44Z")
As I sit here, reading this thread, it occurs to me that I am merely an Alt+Tab away from the screen which allows me access to DOR/DMV records in all 50 states. If I was an evil naughty bad person, I could put every one of you on Jack Chick’s mailing list. But I’m not. So I won’t. Carry on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360/20 "2003-04-09T11:06:41Z")
**Marlitharn** that’s not available online to regular shmucks, is it? My own license plate is EWE-#411. Yup, that’s right – I’m the lost sheep. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-non-vanity-license-plate-mean/167360.md?page=2)