BEEMSTR

(From Greggy-B)

In English: Beemster, Bee Mister, Bee Master

We'll assume that this plate is referring to the fact that the car is a BMW, also known as a BEAMER. Unfortunately for our apiologist friend here, BEAMER must have already been taken. Second-choice tags - always a no-no.

ZMCAT

In English: Zoom Cat

Oh, yet another spirit-filled Arizona student who thinks it's clever to attach some word to Cat and make a license plate. This only happened after ZOOMCAT and ZOMCAT and maybe BADCAT were taken, unfortunately. Go team!

THSPIAN

In English: Thespian

There is something vaguely odd about someone who gives their life to theater driving a gigantic SUV. Even worse is indicating their interest in their craft on the license plate of said SUV.

NTRPRIZE

In English: Enterprise

Apologies for the grainy photo. This is either a Star Trek fan or someone who feels creative thinking can fuel discovery and success. On the second count, they definitely fail.

OXOX

In English: Ox Ox. Hug, kiss, hug, hug kiss.

Unless this is a Mongolian herdsman, NO ONE should have this as their license plate. OX OX? What does that say about you, jerk? And if it's XOXO backwards, it's even worse.

XONKED

In English: Zonked

Plate Shame is beginning to think that we need a separate label for people who obviously input their plate idea, have it rejected as it's already being used, then choose another, lamer spelling. For those who don't know, Xonked is Zonked taken to the X-TREME!

MOMMI D

In English: Mommy D, Mommy Dearest (if we're being creative)

Oh, it's another of Plate Shame's favorites: The purposeful misspelling. Glad to see she was able to outwit the DOT in her quest to get her personality on the back of her car. "MOMMY D with a Y already taken? I'll show them!"

GETDUCK

In English: Get duck

Another fan of the fowls and another bad usage of the "Get (INSERT WORD HERE)" phenomenon. How about this: GETALIF.

CANARY 1

In English: Canary One

Either this guy really loves his bird, or it's in reference to his yellow Porsche Carrera. Either way you look at it, it's nothing to Tweet home about.

DAHILLS

In English: Da Hills

In Proper English:  The Hills

My friend, Kylie, and I were driving north and she spotted this guy in the lane next to us.  She proclaimed the owner was a "Douche Nozzle."  I couldn't agree more.

ARMCORP

In English: Army Corps or Army Corporal

Betcha this guy's a recruiter who thinks his plate is super-cool.  He is almost as wrong as Bush was when he thought Iraq had WMDs.

BRUNO25

In English: Bruno 25

In honor of Bruno 25 I'm creating a new category called "What's the point?"  

NATIGRL

In English:  Nati Girl

I went to the interwebs for this one and she's either a member of the Nebraska Association for Translators and Interpreters, helping gamblers at The North American Training Institute or from Cincinnati, OH.  I'm sure it's nice town filled with lovely people with dumb plates. 

YEAAA

In English:  Yea or Ye Triple A

Nooo!  The only way this plate is acceptable is if they added 4 DK... but someone already did that.

JFAST

In English: J Fast

This photo was taken as I chased J Fast down the street.  He was going over the speed limit, but you probably guessed that from reading his super-awesome plate.  I was going over the speed limit too, but I am on a mission from God.

BABA HU

In English: Baba Hu.

I briefly considered that this could be a mildly illiterate attempt at Baby Huey, but that would really be a stretch. At any rate, it still doesn't make sense. It does have a kind of Polynesian feel to it for me, which is something, anyway.

YEA 4 DK

In English:  Yea for Dick OR Yea for Decay OR Yea for Donkey Kong OR Yea for Don King OR Yea for Donna Karan

I vote for Dick.

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Thank you to Nikki for submitting this amazing plate!

BUFLO3

In English: Buffalo Three

This is the perfect example of the license plate rule- 

"There is no reason to get a vanity plate, but if you do, it should immediately decipherable and understandable."

They own three buffalos?  Maybe this guy produced the Nenah Cherry song 'Buffalo Stance' and this mini van is the third car he's been able to buy off the royalties?  Your guess is as good as mine.

GOGOOFY

In English:  Go Goofy

I've almost run out of words to describe these people.  I don't think calling them goofy, goofballs or goofs do justice to their crimes.

NONSTR8

In English: Non Straight 

You'll have to trust me on this one.

Before this post goes any further, I need to self identify as a card carrying gay rights activist.  Big time.  Love, love, love, support the gays.  That being said- get a rainbow sticker and donate your $50 plate fee to Wingspan!

OMNRVNA

In English: Om Nirvana

Gee, I feel like there are so many things wrong with this plate it's hard to know where to start.  I've actually had it since the very beginning of this here blog and it's had me stumped.  It was one of four or five plates we found in a single Scottsdale parking lot (EYELUVU and BADBYTE were it's neighbors.)  

Let's just ask this simple question- If you are so into Buddhism and being at peace with the universe, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah, what in holy hell made you think a personalized license plate would be the right way to spread the word??  My guess is this moron reached enlightenment by going to yoga class at Gold's Gym.  My other guess is that NIRVANA was taken by a superfan of the band and this plate's owner had to scramble to come up with an acceptable alternative, hence the added OM.  

Missy's Religious Tip of the Day:  Buddha doesn't give a rat's ass about personalized plates.

PICCOLA

In English:  Piccolo, Pick Cola

Misspelling Piccolo (Italian definition: Small) on the back of your Smartcar is legitimate jackass territory.  I hope this car belongs to the Shasta soda pop heirs.

DUFFY 6

In English: Duffy 6

It's probably not so clear in the picture, but next to the license plate is a logo for some company - Duffy Construction, I believe - so we can only assume this is one of a fleet of trucks for that construction company. But will we let that be a valid excuse? Of course not. If you have your company logo on your truck, it's not necessary to double it on your license plate too. I might keep my driver's license in my wallet, but I have yet to have "Jeremiah's Wallet" embossed on the wallet which is holding it.

A classic case of vanity plate confusion

From the Aurora Sentinel:

DMV cites vanity profanity in tofu plate proposal

AURORA | Apparently the “tofu queen” is riding shotgun on the banned list with the “sofa king.”
Centennial resident Kelley Coffman-Lee said she wanted to express her love of tofu on vanity plates by letting drivers know “I-LV-TOFU.”
But instead the Colorado Department of Revenue read Coffman-Lee’s request as “I-LV-TO-F-U.”
“If I really wanted it to say that, I would have had the number two,” she said.

To read more, go here.

Y RUN 4

In English: Why run for.

This is one of those personalized plates that probably only makes sense to the person who bought it (and their mom, maybe). I'm not sure whether they are endorsing running or asking why people run. Since it was attached to a Honda CR-V, I can only assume they're sporty. Is that wrong of me? At any rate, the only thing worse than a personalized plate is one that doesn't make sense gramatically or otherwise.