Rejected vanity plates: 'R.HORNY,' 'DRSEX'

TORONTO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Ontario transportation officials said the some 2,700 vanity plate submissions rejected since 2006 include "MOB.BOSS," "OBAMACAN" and "DRSEX."

Officials said a 10-member panel meets weekly to pour through vanity plate submissions in the province and 95 percent are accepted, but some wind up rejected on the grounds of being "obscene," "derogatory," "racist" or references to politics, drugs, alcohol, sex or violence, the Toronto Star reported Thursday.

The Transportation Ministry said the workers use Web sites, including Wikipedia and UrbanDictionary.com, to seek out hidden meanings in vanity plates.

Submissions rejected since 2006 include "WHACKED," "A.BOM," "KRUZ.MSL," "BIG.STUD," "HOT.BUNZ," "ARYNRACE," "SLUMDOG," "BUDWISER," "INFIDEL," "PORNKING," "OLDFARTS" and "R.HORNY."

"Balancing the right of personal expression and community standards is no easy task," the ministry said in an e-mail message to the Star.