They were kicked to the curb.
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles put the breaks on over 2,000 license plate requests in 2025 — and shared the complete list of humorous, strange and vulgar rejects.
Vanity plate submissions such as “5HITSHOW,” “DSNUT5,” “BEEYATCH,” “BYSTUPID,” “HOEZONLY,” “METH,” “D0.RAMI and “MAFYA” failed to stay in their lane, according to the DMV.
Ones that used the letter F to stand for the expletive — like “LTSFNGO,” “FNCOOL32,” “MILFGUY” “LUXAF,” “SWEETASF” and “FOXYAF” — were also canned.
Exclamatory plate proposals like “DAMMMMMN,” “HEYYYYY” and “LMAOOOOO” also didn’t make the cut.
And those that spelled out brand names, such as “PEPSI,” “NOKIA” “ROLEX,” “PRADA” and “TEMU” were also thrown out the window.
“NYS DMV has a rigorous screening protocol for personalized license plate requests, rejecting any that are not in compliance with our regulations,” the DMV said in a statement.
Rules for personalized plates, which are listed on the DMV’s website, include that they cannot “be considered obscene, derogatory, or offensive,” or “give the appearance of an official plate or the configuration of special registration classes, ex. “POLICE” or “NYS.”
They also can’t contain only one letter or have six numbers followed by one letter and can’t use the number zero or one between two letters to form a word.
Hopefuls can search their unique plate proposal on the DMV site to ensure someone else doesn’t already own it.
Personalized plates cost $60 initially, and then an additional yearly fee of $31.25, which is applied when drivers renew their registrations.
