Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:23am
OK, who had December 2009 in the pool?
Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:30am
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:32am
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Though it's origin is in dispute, 'benny' is a derogatory term used by Jersey Shore locals to refer to folks (usually with Italian-American background) from NY or northern NJ who spend their summers 'down the shore'.
Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:41am
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Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:42am
Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:45am
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
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Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:51am
Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:55am
The husband and I spent a summer in Seaside, where this is filmed (actually we were in Seaside Heights Park, thank you very much).
Driving back to the city we passed through our present hometown and before the summer was out we had a shore house.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:58am
I wonder what the terminology is for my aunt and uncle, who spend 1/2 year at the shore and the other half in FL. I know I'm a Bennie, though.
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Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:11pm
I believe the shoe box lunch origin is correct, but I think it refers to lunches provided on trains from Philly to the shore.
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Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:19pm
Here is what seems to be the reasons why we are called Bennys. I never heard of shoobie.
Benny (Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, New York acronym?)
A visitor to the New Jersey shore is called a "benny." This may come from the "benefit" of New Jersey's shore in the summer. It may also come from the "benjamins" (money) that the visitors bring to the shore.
Most people think that "benny" is an acronym for the luggage tags that the visitors got on the trains that took them to the shore. Supposedly, the tags read "BNENY" or "BENNY" for the towns of Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, and New York. Sometimes Bergen and Essex are suggested for the towns in this acronym.
No one knows for sure, but the best summary was given by Ben (not Benny) Zimmer of the American Dialect Society (see below).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny
Benny is a derogatory term used by residents of Jersey Shore towns for tourists that visit each summer. Locals blame bennys for bumper to bumper traffic on the Garden State Parkway and in the shore communities. They think that bennys hog parking spaces and take over sand space. The term 'benny' is used mainly in Monmouth County and Ocean County. In Atlantic County and Cape May County, the term shoobie is mainly used. 'Benny', like 'shoobie', dates from the era just after the Second World War and refers to members of the Jewish working class from New York City and northern New Jersey who invaded the resorts in large enough numbers that their speech patterns and way of dress made them quite noticeable.
While the term is often said to be an acronym for the cities they come from, namely: Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, and New York, it is possible that 'benny' comes from Benjamin, a first name once fairly common among members of the Jewish faith (or at least it was presumed to be so).[citation needed] Over time the term came to be applied to daytrippers of all ethnicities. Word-Detective.com claims the "benny" label may trace its origins to a beach umbrella renter whose goods (and his presumably out-of-town customers) were marked with his name--Benny.
Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:38pm
Oh, if you want to find out your 'Jersey Shore' name: http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/12/08/jersey-shore-nickname-generator/
Mine is "the Marisa Tomei of the Bronx."
Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:44pm
My Jersey Shore nickname is "K-Pop"
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Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
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Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:55pm
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