Benny

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛni/ Rhymes: -ɛni === Etymology 1 === Clipping of Benjamin +‎ -y. ==== Proper noun ==== Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies) A nickname for a man named Benjamin. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of Bernice or Bernadette. ==== Proper noun ==== Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies) A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette. === Etymology 3 === From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads. ==== Noun ==== Benny (plural Bennies) (British, slang) A stupid or dull-witted person. (British, slang) A temper tantrum. (British, slang) A native of the Falkland Islands. Synonym: still === Etymology 4 === From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill. ==== Noun ==== Benny (plural Bennies) (US, slang) A one-hundred-dollar bill. === Etymology 5 === Clipping of eggs Benedict. ==== Noun ==== Benny (countable and uncountable, plural Bennys or Bennies) (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict. === Etymology 6 === ==== Proper noun ==== Benny A surname. A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny. === Etymology 7 === Uncertain, with myriad competing theories, some quite fanciful. Compare other mainly-Jersey Shore slang shoobie (“awkward beach tourist”). ==== Noun ==== Benny (plural Bennies or Bennys) (slang, slightly derogatory, southern New Jersey) A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states. == Danish == === Proper noun === Benny a male given name borrowed from English; in Scandinavia often associated with Benedict which is traditionally more popular than Benjamin == Swedish == === Proper noun === Benny c (genitive Bennys) a male given name borrowed from English