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Self-expression is a wonderful thing. Sometimes, however, it can be revealed inappropriately. At least that’s what the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles thought when it rejected almost 900 vanity license plates in 2025.

Of course, there’s no law against trying to slip a borderline vanity license plate past the government. You never know what might sneak by and get approved. Which is why one would have to assume people tried to get vanity license plates like ON METH, 8OO8IE5, and DE5 NUTS.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles rejects vanity license plate requests that use words and phrases that are profane, obscene, sexually explicit, refer to excrement, offensive, or that advocate lawlessness.

Apparently, plates like FKMCHGN, 2DRUNK, and L8 AF AGN fail to meet those standards. So does U SLO AF, FTHMKDS, and OLD FART.

Others that made the list of rejected vanity plates in Ohio include: SLO MOFO, 2FKNBD, LEGZZUP, CACA 1, HOLY SHI, SMUTY, WTETRSH, HOT D4MN, MTORBTN, DADSHT, PUNKAS5, NASTYAF, MUGGIN, NUKES, and KIABOY5.

One Tennessee resident recently took a rejected vanity license plate case to the Supreme Court

Interestingly, as the Enquirer points out, the rejection of vanity license plates has become a legal issue. Recently, the subject made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

Last week, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal made by a Tennessee woman. She was challenging the state’s rejection of her 69PWNDU vanity license plate.

USA Today reported that she argued she was expressing her own views through a vanity plate, not the government’s. The judges disagreed.

“States have long used license plates in this country to convey government messages,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the majority.

The woman’s reason for wanting 69PWNDU on her personalized license plate was actually not offensive. The “PWNDU” part of the plate she wanted represents the online gamer phrase used when someone is defeated. She also claimed she is an astronomy buff and “69” refers to the year of the moon landing. Unfortunately, it also means something else. Thus, the rejection.

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Doug Sheckler is a Senior Editor at MotorBiscuit and BroBible. He began his professional career working for an auto racing sanctioning body, and subsequently founded his own racing series, which remains in operation today. He has since spent the better part of two decades creating, editing, and writing for a variety of websites.

These days, he has a special affinity for hypercars and other exotic vehicles that he will never own. He also enjoys delving into stories about the world of criminals, the more foolish and/or clever the better, and is always up for a good conspiracy theory. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from the University of Iowa.

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