New Jersey DMV Future-Proofs Against Lexeme Evolvement

A 49-year-old New Jersey woman is maybe losing the right to her license plate, which reads “BIOCH,” because that is how you spell “bitch” with a Trenton [Tren’-en] accent. Her new license plate reads “WHAEVER,” which is awesome. But really the most fabulous part of this wondrous story is the explanation from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Yes: “language is ever changing and evolving, especially in pop-culture. While a word may mean nothing today, it could have some sort of negative connotation years later.”