License to censor
Vanity license plates, reports author Stefan Lonce (LCNS2ROM: Vanity License Plates and the GR8 Stories They Tell), are often subject to regulations against offensive content.
Each state's rules are different, Lonce told Esquire magazine's Answer Fella blog, but fall within the same general guidelines: "Nothing obscene, lewd, lascivious, derogatory to a particular ethnic group, or patently offensive."
The Answer Fella dug a bit deeper, and received a list of 1,000 license-plate requests rejected by the state of Utah. They include:
Each state's rules are different, Lonce told Esquire magazine's Answer Fella blog, but fall within the same general guidelines: "Nothing obscene, lewd, lascivious, derogatory to a particular ethnic group, or patently offensive."
The Answer Fella dug a bit deeper, and received a list of 1,000 license-plate requests rejected by the state of Utah. They include:
ARREOLA ("sex reference")- BGBOOTY ("sex reference")
- BUCKNKD ("sex reference")
- CAMLTOE ("ethnic")
- DEZNUTZ ("vulgar")
- GIGGIDY ("sex reference" - somebody at the DMV watches "Family Guy")
- GOBUSH ("sex reference")
- HITMAN ("public welfare")
- JAILB8 ("sex reference")
- MANH8TR ("shows contempt")
- MMMBEER ("drug reference")
- SLCPUNK ("public welfare")
- UTSUX ("derogatory")
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