The Illinois Secretary of State's Office received some questionable license plate requests this year.
In a video posted to his YouTube, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said his office received 55,690 vanity and personalized plate applications in 2025.
More than 550 were denied because the combinations were deemed inflammatory, profane, offensive or too difficult to read – all grounds for rejection under state law.
"Some of the rejected plates included BBL," said Giannoulias with a chuckle, "Which apparently stands for Brazilian Butt Lift, which had to be explained to me."
Other plates – such as MWMWMWM or OOQQOO – were rejected not for content, but legibility.
"There are lots more that we had to deny that are far raunchier and inappropriate that I cannot read on camera," said the secretary of state, "Go ahead and get creative, but please keep it clean to avoid ending up on the naughty list."
Visit ILsos.gov to apply for a vanity or personalized plate.