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benny

Slang

Meaning
Pejorative for a Jersey Shore tourist from North Jersey or NYC.
Type
Slang
Used in
New Jersey

What does “benny” mean

Used by year-round Jersey Shore residents for stereotypically loud summer tourists. Most commonly explained as a train-ticket acronym for Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, New York — the cities NYC-area daytrippers boarded trains from.

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