DMV pulls 'TEXAS AF' license plate after realizing what millennials knew all along

PHOTOS: Rejected Texas license plate messages: MyPlates.com, the official custom license plate dealer of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, briefly was auctioning this two-letter "AF" license plate until they found out what many millennials already knew "AF" often stood for. See more rejected plates ... less PHOTOS: Rejected Texas license plate messages: MyPlates.com, the official custom license plate dealer of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, briefly was auctioning this two-letter "AF" license plate until ... more Image 1 of / 78 Caption Close DMV pulls 'TEXAS AF' license plate after realizing what millennials knew all along 1 / 78 Back to Gallery

For a brief time this week on MyPlates.com Texas drivers could bid on a new Texas license plate that shows just how Texas they really are.

The dream of a Texas license plate featuring the “Don’t Tread on Me” Gadsden flag and the letters “A” and “F” were dashed on Monday morning, according to Steve Farrar, president of the license plate website that works in tandem with the state of Texas.

“AF” of course doesn’t stand for armed forces, Air Force, or Ace Frehley or even Aretha Franklin in popular slang. To many Twitter users and text message senders, "AF" is short for "As F---."

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“Up until this morning it was available but we decided to pull that plate from the market,” Farrar said Monday.

An auction of special license plates featuring just two letters began on Oct. 19 and concludes on Nov. 9. Right now “XL”, “FX”,”U.K.” and “DR” are among a handful of plates still up for auction.

Dan Solomon at Texas Monthly pointed out the MyPlates “Texas AF” offering last week and Farrar says soon after getting wind of the entry the decision was made to remove the plate from the site.

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MyPlates hadn’t received any bids on the plate, Farrar says. Maybe they assumed it was too good to be true and didn’t want to get their hopes up.

Farrar says that MyPlates tries to keep up with current, changing slang terms but that sometimes things can fall through the cracks and end up viral sensations.

Who can forget the “290 SUX” or “370H55V” plates that charmed Texans? The latter was taken off the streets by the state but not before every news outlet in the state had a little fun with it.

According to My Plates, winning bidders own the rights to their plate pattern for five years, with first dibs on renewing it at the state’s everyday pricing after that.

These auction plates are legally transferable, which makes them great investments or even gifts for family and friends.

And we think that's cool AF.