Jackie Borchardt - Cincinnati Enquirer




If you want to know what was on the minds of Ohioans in 2020, the list of vanity license plates rejected by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles offers some clues.

The BMV rejected 462 plates last year, largely for profanity or sexually explicit phrases, according to the list obtained through a public records request by the USA Today Network Ohio.

COVID-19 was a popular theme among the hundreds of plates rejected last year:

  • FURONA
  • F U COVID
  • FK COV1D

The list also contains cultural phenomena such as F CAROL B, a reference to "Tiger King" documentary star Carole Baskin, and plates containing "WAP," the hit song by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.

WAP is also an acronym for a phrase not safe for work and one we cannot print. But the BMV is hip to what it means and rejected seven plates featuring the phrase.

There were others with just a general 2020 mood: WTF 2020, F 2020 and SAD AF. Some were political (both anti-President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.) There were fewer Ohio State University fan plates than in past years -- MCHSUX didn't make it. And for some reason, multiple people asked to stamp their vehicle with bodily functions (GOT2P and TH3 TURD.)

The rest were a mix of sexual phrases and swears, some fairly clever and others that required a perusal of the Urban Dictionary to decode.

The BMV has a few basic rules. Plates cannot:

  • Contain words, combinations, and/or phrases in any language, when read either frontward or backward, that are so profane, obscene or sexually explicit.
  • Contain words, combinations, and/or phrases that are so offensive that they could possibly provoke a violent response.
  • Contains words, combinations and/or phrases that advocate immediate lawlessness.


Read the whole list of rejected plates below.

Ohio license plates rejected in 2020

Ohio license plates cannot contain words or phrases that are profane, obscene, sexually explicit; provoke a violent response or advocate "immediate lawlessness."

SUX BALZ
IRUNHOS
QUEEF
GRBNASS
MVEBTCH
MF MAGIC
WAPPP
FB1DEN
FCK GAS
THSBTCH
DAHEGO
VEGANAF
HIS BIH
IDG2F
AG HNIC
BOS B1CH
A55FRO
OMW 2 YBC
BOSS BIH
FUH CUE2
PHXGVNO
PRNFAN
SUP WEEB
YSOB
ZFUCKS
A SPADE
F N ARND
KSMYAUS
OH SHT 5O
HUMBLAF
FK BIDEN
F U BIDEN
FA OIHO
357 BTCH
POS STI
SUM SUK
IM MOIST
NANI TF
IML8AF
O FUQS
AZZ UP
BLK BIHH
FKN AWOL
HYPER AF
KIM G AF
FKURFLS
CAMD AF
WTF 2O2O
H8T PPL
PHO KIT
RGASMS
5TU60TZ
922 AF
FKRYSQD
TOM A55
O FCK GVN
BAD AS6
H8EVRE1
SHTN ME
8EROUT
THE JEW K
KLLME
BAMF SS
SPADE
THE MOFO
BG FN FUN
K1LLME
N UR WAP
DAAMN
LKE TTS
SEX TEN
1BADMFO
KING FU
EPAGFY
JINXXX
LOUD AF
SHAGINN
SOBER MF
3ATADIC
WAP4ME
AX MRDRR
ETADIK
NXXXT
EVIEXXX
FK COV1D
SHI7BOX
B1OTCH
FKN MIN
FKNLOUD
NATAFK
OUT 2 FYB
SH1T80X
EAT ASZ
NO1HBIC
VILF
TT TWSTA
BLOW JOB
FNFA5T
CHTRSFL
NOPHO KS
WAP LVR
WHY U WET
MFNREDD
UFUKD
BJ 69 KFC
DMFTEN
HRSSH1T
MUSE AF
U SOB IMN
2HOT4YB
SMOL PP
BUGD AF
SXY AF
TRU DAMU
WAABHH
A55BUTT
FKNMOVN
SSATAEI
BAD BIHH
SITFU
SHAG BOX
QUIET AF
81 SHTBX
FOFF1
ILUVWAP
ISHBOX
OMW2FUC
FUK TRMP
SFMF
SHTTRFL
R6ASM
MY SHIZ
OMW2BYG
WAP ONLY
5HTBOX 1
FUKQ
SNGL AF
TIDDIEZ
JEEP69
4NUWOP
DZ NUUTS
EF 2020
TT TIME
TTY BNCR
HIIIT
STFUKRN
AZZ KIKA
SMYLE69
JAFO3
DASHIZZ
DAFUK
FN MURCA
BG BLK D
IPULOUT
BLMF12
BRAZZER
FK ALZ
KYLNSHT
MF DOOBZ
PORSH IT
TT YOTE
WEEN15
K HOE
ACABF12
TT COACH
GXXXR
3LOHZA
CHILFM2
DA PHUK
NAH BIHH
UM SCKS
APESH1T
B1TCH3N
FNGRBNG
LUV WAP
TT LVR 2
BIZ4SHZ
DONT FWM
BPBPMFR
CASTR8R
IDGAFB
THICKKK
VERGAAA
B EATN U2
BG DZL DK
BAMFJ
ELOH55A
L8R BIH
MINI BCH
NO FUCKS
BUCKY69
BRTBTCH
DRPT WOP
MY SH1T
MZ WANK
SFMF31
UWNNA 69
CAMO 69
FKN MINT
H3NT4I
P SSY
PIMP C
CODE FU
GRIM AF
UMADHO3
TREY69
FSTASFQ
NOFX2GV
BLS AF
SO FN FST
SHTHED
1THCB
F 2020
S3XY AF
EZZNTS
DILF MBL
SPKY BCH
UTHOT
YIFFED
LUT
ASSMAN1
GETWET8
XXLLL69
FK 2020
IM 4 FN
UZA HOE
ATL HOE
DC4L AF
O GVN F
SML PP
GEEK AF
FN 509
DYHKR
ZOHSHI7
F1CHGN
BRDSHYT
GTFOOMW
FISTR
FXCK OFF
MEANAF
SHAPPNS
FCKN FST
FIST NU
KNGS PP
HBIC KV
LILMOFO
SHTRSFL
URDUM
MILF B8
GFY FFS
DAAAAMN
FKNUP
FN MEOW
1 EVIL MF
XKKKXXX
F MPGS
Y1FFING
LOUD ASF
MCHSUX
DOOF 69
OH CRP
BOSSYAF
CUNTY
CHIBUSA
BEYTCH
FLY AF 2
HBIC 123
RICE BBY
FXUSGD
H3R SH1T
SLOASFK
SMDFTB
DEEZNTZ
FKN TRKN
FOAKFS4
FST ME
FANCY AF
FURONA
MUD BICH
DUCKU
DEYGO
FAAFO
PHIT AF
BTFD
ONE MF
2R 2Q 2FQ
BG WANG
DG4FF
UFN WSH
POOHPN
BOOBIEZ
OMWTGYB
IEATAZZ
UR SLO AF
EHWHOLE
FK COVID
IYAOGFU
KXXKXXX
KXXXK
NIP2NIP
THICC AF
DEESNZ
CAEDIS
FUCKERY
NO BTCH
R1CE BNR
FUXGVN
MEHORNY
NO FKS GV
TOWSHZL
ZERO FQS
DODGN BS
MFNU2
MYSHTBX
HSHIT
MFLEWIS
GAS R ASS
KESMYAS
GOT2P
IEASS
METH HED
1 PEGGER
BK TF UP
CMFH
FCKAV8
FKNWEEB
S1DE BCH
3LOH55V
BSSBCH
I6969
FKN OOF
ITCBITC
KRKDFUP
OHSNAPB
OMW2BYB
NO FS 2GV
WILF
FU2020
TMFGREG
WTFOCUS
4FKSAKE
CUMGIT
69HD
FKNBRKN
FUF1TR
FUGGIN
KXKXXKK
MFER
SNVABCH
BACK TFU
TH3 TURD
THTSLYR
78 FOAD
BMFL
INKEDAF
CRZYBSH
SHTTBOX
BUFU03
H SHET
FCHINA
SXY 8TCH
6MOIST9
FCKYEAH
MW2YBH
EATASS
BOSBCH
SLP2NDS
FKTUN
AHOL3
O8TCH
BLOWWME
UCK EEP
4FUKSAK
BYE BTCH
F U COVID
FKNBLSH
SEXY AF
BICH PLS
bmwtf
CRZBICH
F CAROL B
F N QWK
MISHIT
NOFXS
T BAGG N
BIG TDIS
IFRTD
STTDB9
PULLSHT
1H8UALL
FUCK 12
SCHITT
BTCHY
OFXGIVN
MF BROKE
IEATAS5
R U KUMN
XXXG01D
FUCURLS
WQNMLGB
T1R3DAF
DAMF10
FUCNBAD
SHICHYA
TINY AF
1OF1MF
KMFR
FKN SLYR
BMFVTTE
EATBUTT
SUSFU
BAN9 BUS
TIRED AF
FUCK EM
NOFKSGN
A22HOL3
GETFUKT
COOL AF
DGAF 1
MBSUKS
MKNUWET
U EAD
SAD AF
INJN
LOCO 69
1 SHT BOX
PB4IGO
HEYDAGO
FK 12
EFFTHS
ILLFYB
LILPP
2 FQ
FELON
PHUCUN
STTDB
DKHD247
WOKEAF
DOODIE
LV269
F1ST3R
FCKSZ06
FUEL HO
XXX ENT
EPASUX
2 FN COZY
AMFKR
FKNGMA
NOTHOT
PTTSSX
DEEP SHT
WTFBUK
DEPORTM
BCHEEZE
BCHEES
MUVBTCH
BSC BTCH
ATF SUX
BROKASF
CLD A5 FK
EATTHE
ROKEAF