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Plates of Shame #22: TUFN UP

PLATES OF SHAME #22

26/07/2010

Plate: TUFN UP
Car: Ford FPV Super Pursuit
Translation: “Toughen Up”. Be a man. Grow a pair. Unless you’re a woman, in which case, get me a beer.

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Plates of Shame #21: FLY BYE

PLATES OF SHAME #21

21/04/2010

Plate: FLY BYE
Car: Subaru Forester STi
Translation: “Flyby” as in a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.

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Plates of Shame #19: XLR8N

PLATES OF SHAME #19

14/03/2010

Plate: XLR8N
Car: Mazda Protégé
Translation: “Acceleration” as a noun, or “Acceleratin(g)” in the present continuous tense.

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Plates of Shame #18: KWIKA

PLATES OF SHAME #18

14/02/2010

Plate: KWIKA
Car: Subaru WRX STI
Translation: “Quicker”. As in, “My car is quicker than your car”. Snore.

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Plates of Shame #17: YA WISH

PLATES OF SHAME #17

25/05/2009

Plate: YA WISH
Car: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
Translation: “You Wish”. I’ve got something that you don’t. In fact, it’s something that you will probably never have. Na na na na na. Can you guess what it is?

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Plates of Shame #16: STACK

PLATES OF SHAME #16

12/03/2009

Plate: STACK
Car: Unknown Hyundai

Our first ever reader submission! Thanks to Kay for a) finding it, b) writing about it (so we didn’t have to) and c) waiting for and eventually giving up on it to be published after originally sending it to us last November.

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Plates of Shame #15: AW YEAH

PLATES OF SHAME #15

15/02/2009

Plate: AW YEAH
Car: Porsche Boxter
Translation: The owner obviously thinks he’s driving some pretty hot stuff, but should he really be flaunting it to the irritable person stuck behind him in traffic who is likely getting more and more frustrated at being caught in a seemingly endless peak hour jam with a painfully empty stomach after a tiring day at work (for example)?

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Plates of Shame #13: CUMON

PLATES OF SHAME #13

23/01/2009

Plate: CUMON
Car: Mini Cooper S
Translation: “Cum On”, not “Come On” because no one in their right mind would have chosen CUMON by accident. No one.

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Plates of Shame #12: SEXXXY

PLATES OF SHAME #12

22/12/2008

Plate: SEXXXY
Car: Unknown
Translation: “Sexy 30″, all right, it’s probably alluding to pornography but some times you have to give others the benefit of the doubt. Ironic as xxx is the antithesis of sexy.

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Plates of Shame #8: 00MFG

PLATES OF SHAME #8

24/11/2008

Plate: 00MFG
Car: Nissan Skyline
Translation: Padded acronym for “Oh My Fucking God”. Born on the information superhighway of cyberspace; adapted for the shame superhighway of Brisbane.

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Plates of Shame #7: Not Bad

PLATES OF SHAME #7

18/11/2008

Plate: NOT BAD
Car: Porsche Boxter S
Translation: Exemplifies a breed of plate that aims to provide specific words the owner thinks onlookers will/should express when they see their car. A desperate approach that often results in a devastatingly polar effect.

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4 THUGZ

PLATES OF SHAME #6

16/11/2008

Plate: 4 THUGZ
Car: Toyota HiLux
Translation: “For Thugs” or “Four Thugs”. Whatever the case, the choice of spacing means it’s not “Forty Thugs” which would have been far more amusing rather than palm-to-face slapping.

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Plates of Shame #5: Azz If

PLATES OF SHAME #5

14/11/2008

Plate: AZZ IF
Car: Hyundai Tiburon
Translation: “As If”. As in, as if I don’t have the BALLS to put that on my car. As if I wouldn’t pay money, good money, to parade the proof of that around wherever I go. As if, mate, as if. Joke’s on you.

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Plates of Shame #3: HARD AS

PLATES OF SHAME #3

7/11/2008

Plate: HARD AS
Car: Hummer H3
Translation: Has serious issues with blood circulation. Either to the brain or from between the legs.

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Plates of Shame #2: 280AST

PLATES OF SHAME #2

3/11/2008

Plate: 280AST
Car: Mazda Murano
Translation: “To Boast”. Perhaps about their sheer luck at attaining this legitimate looking plate at no extra charge? 6 character vanity plates are uncommon but unfortunately one cannot say the same about their plate intentions.

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Plates of Shame #1: Da Only

PLATES OF SHAME #1

30/10/2008

Plate: DA ONLY
Car: Suzuki Swift
Translation: “The Only”. A risky attempt to bolster the egotistical notion of one’s own celebrity via the intentional, “urban” misspelling of the word “the”. Owner was probably hoping to avoid the more commonly held association of tragic illiteracy that such misspellings typically evoke.

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