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What is"Benson" There're a lot of people especially man take Benson as a nick name. I've read a news report says some companies advise their staffs whose nickname is "Benson" or something like that change a new English name. Yesterday in a commic, I've read a sentence "Could you please take me 20 bensons for the pet?" So, I wonder to know, what benson means here?the commic is a multi-frame, It's some dialogues between an assistant who is daydreaming the upside down and her boss, this sentence was said to her boss in the day dreaming and her boss said it to her in the real work... And in that report it is said "Benson" have a bad meaning but I didn't found it in a dictonary
Apr 23, 2009 6:11 AM
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There is a brand of cigarettes called "Benson & Hedges" - '20 Bensons' is a pack of these cigarettes
April 23, 2009
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urbandictionary.com ... i woudn't recommend as a serious language resource, but recommended for some amusement :)
April 23, 2009
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I looked up the term "Benson" in an online slang dictionary and it has different meanings depending on where you're from. It means acting like a servant in the US. "Bensons" can also mean cigarettes (short for the brand, Benson & Hedges). In the UK, it seems to mean to act in a sexy manner, but for homosexuals. I looked at the site urbandictionary.com for the definitions.
April 23, 2009
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'20 bensons' - a pack of cigaretts?
April 23, 2009
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That's strange. I've never heard of that in America. "Benson" was a TV sitcom about 20 years ago about a butler and I've heard it used as a deragatory slang term for someone acting like a servant. What comic strip did you see the term in? With some more context, I may be able to explain to you what it meant.
April 23, 2009
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