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Protip: Leave these phrases off your license plates. Banned license plates in NC

While the N.C. government deliberates on whether the Confederate flag is allowed to be featured on license plates, you definitely can’t use these phrases: nearly 6,300 words, names, acronyms and initials are banned from being used on NC license plates. (No matter if you pay the $30 to get it personalized).

//><!--Here’s some you can’t use. (And honestly, other than category 3, you shouldn’t be using most of these anyway)://--><!

(1) Race:  WHTTRASH, RACIST, HONKY

(2) Sex:  FORNIK8, GITNAKID, IHAVNSX

(3) Sexuality:  LESBIAN, 1MGAY, 1GO4MEN

(4) Body part:  OVARY, ANUS, RECTUM

(5) Authority:  IH8NCDMV, HIFUZZ, IH8DPS

(6) Violence: REDRUM1, BRN2K1LL, MAFIA

(7) Drugs:  1MHIGH, DUBBIE, DOPE

This story was originally published July 23, 2015 at 1:16 AM with the headline "Protip: Leave these phrases off your license plates. Banned license plates in NC."

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