The list of banned personalized license plates in New Jersey, published this morning by The Star-Ledger, runs from the profane to the innocent, with some clearly offensive — even in Spanish and Italian — and others being too close to license plates that already exist.

Some alphanumeric combinations are notable for their creativity and even made it onto vehicles until an unsuspecting driver caught off-guard by the coded combination reported it to the Motor Vehicle Commission.

These are some of the most creative plates on the state's banned list:

CREATIVE LICENSE PLATES BANNED IN NEW JERSEY

1. 33MTA3 (think rear-view mirror)

2. NOPLATE

3. TIH2HO (it's not water)

4. COPUL8

5. SF409RS (maybe the MVC hates this football team?)

6. BAITZIM (Hebrew for...)

7. DIDURX

8. S1N3P

9. BSWLKS (Money talks...)

10. EFF EWE (Maybe the MVC doesn't like sheep?)

Check out the complete list in the document below, and let us know which ones are your favorites. Also let us know if you think the state Motor Vehicle Commission is being too serious about banning some of these plates.

COMPLETE LIST OF BANNED LICENSE PLATES IN NEW JERSEY

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