---
title: "SHRUMIN, HELZ YA: The Best Vanity Plates Oregon Rejected in 2022"
description: "Oregon's DMV rejected hundreds of rude personalized license plates last year. These are the funniest ones they said no to."
date: "2023-01-13"
modified: "2023-01-13"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/shrumin-helz-ya-the-best-vanity-plates-oregon-rejected-in-2022"
categories:
  - "News"
---

# SHRUMIN, HELZ YA: The Best Vanity Plates Oregon Rejected in 2022

![A censored Oregon license plate](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13/oregon-vanity-plate-rejects-2022.jpg>)
*\<em\>Getty Images\</em\>*

Vanity plates offer drivers the chance to express themselves. Unfortunately, some members of the public can't be trusted to do that appropriately, which is why DMVs across the nation vet applications before stamping it into reality. Some DMVs collect their rejects, like [Oregon](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/28925/this-oregon-shop-builds-awesome-lifted-subarus-for-off-road-junkies>)'s, which recently published [all the vanity plates it denied in 2022](<https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23571601-denied-vanity-license-plates-2022-oregon-dmv/>).

The rules for vanity plates in Oregon are quite simple, according to television station [*KOIN*](<https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/these-are-the-custom-license-plates-the-oregon-dmv-denied-in-2022/>): Don't make it "objectionable." That means anything from referring to controlled substances and bodily functions to discriminatory or threatening words, abbreviations, or phrases. As a result, most of the rejects read like a bored 15-year-old trying to circumvent the chat filter in Club Penguin. Others just show you need a lot more creativity if you're gonna [sneak a rude word onto your car](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23276/montreal-man-gets-crude-personalized-license-plate-approved-for-dodge-charger>)—here's how low the bar is:

- SUM WAP
- ISWAL0
- ATL H0
- [P1NCHE](<https://www.dictionary.com/e/translations/pinche/>)
- RPN A55
- SIP NIP
- FYF
- PEEN0
- UM0IST
- IKUM4U
- PEPEE
- DILF
- PS1LO
- SHT BX1
- BTT BRN
- PCP
- BDE
- ND2PEE
- TRAP69
- BG-BTCH
- NEED2P
- ETMYAZ
- [R0LC0L](<https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Abstract/2015/11000/Right_Or_Left_in_COLonoscopy__ROLCOL___A.14.aspx>)
- LIGMA
- SHRUMIN
- A5SMAN
- [L7-WENI](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRhJ_3G_D3g>)
- SSXY69

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4adr4IlGOE

A handful of innocuous submissions got picked up too, with no obvious reason for denial. They include BSC0FF (like those shitty airline cookies), HELZ YA, and even 50YB0Y—it's not pejorative if used by a vegan, and Portland *does* have the country's first [vegan strip club](<https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/vegan-strip-club>). Some are even obvious references to the cars they're meant to go on, like C4MIN0, 69 ZL1, and S6PEED, while C8KLLR and [911](<https://www.thedrive.com/car-reviews/2023-porsche-911-carrera-t-first-drive-review-features-price-info>) LOL are (probably) subtler antagonistic references to other cars. They're provocative though, so they're no-gos.

Then there are others, like thinly veiled political slogans, many of them a variation on "FJB." Sorry, but if you feel the need to provoke people with your license plate, you need to go back to kindergarten to learn to play with others. I'll pack your lunchbox, and please, try not to choke on any crayons this week.

*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)