It's not slang! Nev. court permits 'HOE' license. «"While the Urban Dictionary might be an entertaining Web site about the English language, the court acknowledged it's not a reliable source for DMV decision-making about whether a license plate is vulgar," Gasca said. »
I think the court got it right here.
I trust the panel of judges of JEOPARDY! over the urban dictionary. One of my very favorite Ken Jennings responses went something like this:
“This term for a long-handled garden tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.†Ken's response was: “What's a hoe?â€
His response was not the one they were seeking, but they made a ruling. They ruled him incorrect finally due to the spelling, claiming that the slang term is spelled without the final “e†of the tool: “hoe†is not “ho.â€
I would sure like to meet Ken. His incorrect answer showed more brain power than the correct one.
If Nevada got it right, does that mean Colorado got it wrong back in April when they refused a tofu-lover's request for plates reading "ILVTOFU"?
Good question. The HOE got "her" day in court in Nevada - the Supreme Court, no less. Did the ILVTOFU case go to court?
As for the ILVTOFU plate, the court clearly got it wrong. If the requestor wanted the suggestive meaning, they would doubtless request ILV2FU. Everyone born after 1970 knows that.
You NEVER use the letters TO as part of an infinitive construction in a character constrained medium. The only sound grammatical interpretation is TOFU.
Duh!
For TOFU related, the preferences would be: ILVTOFU, LUVTOFU, LOVTOFU, (MMTOFUMM ?)
For the other: ILV2FU, ILV2FKU, ILV2FUQ, (ILV2FUX ?)
Besides, who could take offense at such a magnanimous sentiment, whichever meaning was intended?
Take it all the way to the Supreme Court.