• defunct_punk@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      Close, but not quite.

      “M4M” itself is gay slang meaning “man looking for man.” You’re right about “bear.”

      So the license plate can really be interpreted as “Man looking for man (specifically, a bear” or, more juicy, “male looking to arrange a gay threesome with at least one bear” (hmu if this is you)

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        21 hours ago

        Not could be, is. Any classified ad type of partner searching uses the M4W format (man for woman in that case). Not as common now as it was before tinder and the like, but people used to post what they were looking for in a partner in places like Craigslist, and even newspapers although I believe those spelled out man for woman.