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語源 1

Clipping of Benjamin +‎ -y.

固有名詞

Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies)

1. A nickname for a man named Benjamin.

語源 2

Clipping of Bernice; Bernadette

固有名詞

Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies)

1. A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.

語源 3

From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads.

名詞

Benny (plural Bennies)

1. (British, slang) A stupid or dull-witted person.
2. (British, slang) A temper tantrum.
3. (British, slang) A native of the Falkland Islands.

   Synonym: still

語源 4

From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill.

名詞

Benny (plural Bennies)

1. (US, slang) A one-hundred-dollar bill.
   • 2012, “Vision of Excellence”, performed by Purpose & Confidence:

     Money coming in plenty / Twenties, fifties and Bennies

語源 5

Clipping of eggs Benedict.

名詞

Benny (countable and uncountable, plural Bennys or Bennies)

1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict.
   • 2011, Debbie Harding, Go Nuts, page 4:

     This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there.

   • 2014 June 17, Ally, “Chalk Point Kitchen Brunch”, in Bitches who Brunch‎, archived from the original on 27 July 2019:

     This would definitely be a Becca-approved Benedict, which sings high praise. The girl knows her Bennys.

語源 6

固有名詞

Benny

1. A surname.
2. A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.

語源 7

Uncertain, with myriad competing theories, some quite fanciful. Compare other mainly-Jersey Shore slang shoobie (“awkward beach tourist”).

名詞

Benny (plural Bennies or Bennys)

1. (slang, slightly derogatory, southern New Jersey) A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states.