{"id":132,"date":"2021-12-06T10:46:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T10:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ethanjhulbert.org\/license-plates\/?p=132"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:19:25","slug":"hiizzzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethanjhulbert.org\/license-plates\/hiizzzz\/","title":{"rendered":"HIIZZZZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

(A personalized white & blue California state vanity license plate, customized to read “HIIZZZZ”, on the back of a Cadillac CT5 sedan.)<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s HIIZZZZ with one H, two Is, and four Zs, just in case you didn’t feel like counting them yourself.<\/p>\n

My first interpretation is that it means a very excited “his” – but then what does this mean? Perhaps a man bought a woman this car, and she is expressing her loyalty to him by proclaiming herself HIIZZZZ. Or perhaps a woman bought a man this car, and this license plate complements her own personal plate, which I assume would be something like HERZZZZ.<\/p>\n

If someone buys me a Caddy I might be theirs too.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, it could be a snake. Maybe a more intense than usual snake. No hissing – just hizzing.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s pronounced “Hi-Zee”?<\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s like a “Hii! SLEEP” sort of thing. Like a cute greeting immediately interrupted by the sonorous snores of slumber.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s someone’s initials. Yep, that’s it. This car belongs to Helena Isolde Iphigenia Zephyrine Zovra Zorion Zinnia. Final answer, Regis, lock it in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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