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Jersey Shore slang
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Jul 10, 2007
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Two words get brought up every time I set foot on a beach in New Jersey: Benny - A benny is simply a tourist visiting the Jersey Shore. Locals like to say things like, "Go home, Benny!" Bennies make the Jersey Shore the nightmare that it is. The term probably came from one of the following: - An abbreviation of where many visitors come from: Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, and New York
- Paying with $100 bills (Benjamins)
- Crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia
- Jews named Benjamin who settled in nearby Lakewood
Shoobie - A shoobie is also simply a tourist visiting the Jersey Shore. The term probably came from the fact that many tourists in the early 1900s brought all the day's belongings in a shoe box. #travel
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Pony
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Jul 10, 2007
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A pony is a specific breed of horse that usually doesn't grow larger than 5 feet (measure from foot to shoulder). I, like many people, have been under the impression that a pony is a baby horse that later becomes a full-grown horse. This is wrong. A pony is a horse like a retriever is a dog. #nature
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