Benny - Definition and Overview

Benny is a card used in trick-taking games that automatically counts as the highest trump.

If no-trump rounds are allowed, the Benny is often considered to be a solitary trump, in a suit of its own.

Normally, the Benny is represented with a Joker or the two of spades.

The most common use of Benny is in a 25-card euchre variant. It is for this specific game that the Joker was introduced in the 19th century United States. Other uses of the word BENNY Benny is slang for Benzedrine®, an amphetamine tablet.

Benny is a term used by residents of Jersey Shore towns for the tourists that visit each summer. They think that they 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.