vanity license plate

Custom car identification

A vanity license plate is a vehicle registration plate with a customized combination of letters and numbers chosen by the owner, typically spelling a name, word, or message: His vanity plate read LVMYCAR.

States charge extra fees for them.

The plates range from clever to cringeworthy, limited by character counts and obscenity filters that applicants sometimes try to circumvent.

Related

pun · wordplay · vehicle · car · road trip · slogan · self-expression · tag · status symbol · uniqueness · ego boost · character limit · typography · individuality · regulation · message · vehicle identification number · abbreviation

Opposites
self-expression vs. anonymity

vanity license plateblank slate

Unmarked starting point

incognito · paper plate

Family

vanity, vainly, vainness, vanities, license, licence, licensed, licensing, licensee

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G