To vet Wyoming vanity plates, WYDOT consults Urban Dictionary

[TexasTowelie]

The average English-speaking American adult has a 42,000 -word vocabulary. But the state employees who vet submissions for vanity Wyoming license plates have been exposed to thousands more.

L0RDY. GTF0

The combination of up to five letters, numbers and spaces allowed on vanity plates never ceases to inspire the imaginations of Wyoming drivers.

Some vanity plate requests are so immature they’re LAAME. Others are RCST, PERV or make references to DRUGS. And some are so graphic, their associated imagery is FDUP and can make UPUKE.

0HEL.

When applicants request a vanity plate, the Wyoming Department of Transportation makes it clear: “Any combination that spells, connotes, abbreviates, or otherwise stands for language that is obscene, vulgar, indecent, or pruriently suggestive will not be allowed,” according to the application form. 5H1T.

Read more: https://cowboystatedaily.com/2019/06/26/to-vet-wyoming-vanity-plates-wydot-consults-urban-dictionary/

[hlthe2b]

1. Duh...

Not to pick on WY, but how else are government bureaucrats, whose worldly exposure is likely limited to the occasional google or facebook post and mingling with out-of-state tourists going to interpret this stuff?