MILF number plate causes concern
'GOTMILF' number plate upsets women
US transport officials have cancelled a motorist's personalised number plate 'GOT MILF' after complaints from women.
Michael Syravong chose the registration for his Toyota Supra and managed to get it past the Department of Licensing.
They failed to pick up on the fact that it was based on the obscene expression 'Milf' - Mums I'd Like to F*** - used in the American Pie movie.
Mr Syravong, from Snohomish County in Washington State, had told them it stood for "Manual Inline Lift Fluctuation".
"Yeah I just thought it sounded funny," he said. "Like 'Got Milk' and the term MILF was getting popular so - GOTMILF, I really didn't think about it."
But in the nearly two years he had the plate on his car, at least two mothers did think about it - and they didn't find it funny.
Emails of disgust rolled into the Department of Licensing. The women wrote that they found it offensive and, after months of review, the plate was officially cancelled.
"Yeah, I was a bit surprised, shocked, that someone would stoop that low to ruin my fun," said Mr Syravong.
In his attempt to keep the plate he offered several possible alternative meanings for the phrase, including 'Got My Invitation Last Friday' and 'Got Married Into Lisa's Family'.