CHICAGO — HOKTUAH on an Illinois license plate?
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias spat on that thang.
The notorious directions from a lady’s drunken Nashville avenue interview that went viral received’t be seen on an Illinois license plate this 12 months.
It was one among 300 rejected by Giannoulias’ sleuths throughout 2024 for being offensive, inflammatory or tough to learn.
Giannoulias didn’t launch the complete naughty checklist, however supplied some highlights:
- HOKTUAH
- GYATT
- MUNCH
- BICHIN
- JAGWEED
- BADARSE
- AXEHOLE
- ILLCUTU
- HOHOHOE
- ABADMF
- WEENIE
- DUCKOFF
- UGEWANG
- THICCAF
In an announcement video, the secretary of state reads off the highlights with some commentary.
“SHIDDED? Did you actually assume we weren’t going to catch that?” he asks.
“And new to this checklist, this 12 months, and shocking nobody, HOKTUAH,” he says with amusing. “You knew that one was certain to indicate up this 12 months.”
“Illinoisans persistently show quite a lot of creativity when selecting their
custom-made license plates, however the plates that hit the street should meet the requirements of
good style and decency,” Giannoulias mentioned. “Our workforce are well-versed in lecherous
language and sneaky swearing, all of that are rejected and positioned on our everlasting
prohibited checklist.”
The state has the best to reject any self-importance plate request that “creates a connotation that’s offensive to good style and decency,” in keeping with Illinois’ Car Code.
It can also reject mixtures that could possibly be laborious to learn and throw off police, comparable to MWMWMWM or OOQQOO, which bought the thumbs down final 12 months.
There at the moment are greater than 8,000 license plates on the everlasting banned checklist. In 2023, plates that made the checklist have been:
- DEZNUTZ
- URANUS
- LUVMILF
- ZROFCKS
- BONER
- EATBUTT
- FUHHQ
- MEATY
- TOOWOKE
- POOPSY
- MOYST
- PPLSUCK
- JBSUCKS
- IRISHAF
- BLCKAF
- DOPEAF
There are greater than 800,000 customized or self-importance plates within the state of Illinois. They price $94 for letters and $141 for a mix of letters and numbers. You possibly can search for obtainable plates on the Choose-a-Plate characteristic on the web site – apps.ilsos.gov/pickaplate.
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