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19 Words That Have A Totally Different Meaning In New Jersey

No, jug handles have nothing to do with liquids.

1. Exit

2. Diner

3. Jersey Shore

4. Walk

5. Toll road

6. Pork roll/Taylor ham

7. Traffic

8. Devil

What it usually means: The chief evil spirit. Satan. God's nemesis.

What it means in NJ: A part-goat, part-bat cryptid that terrorizes the Pine Barren region of New Jersey with its blood-curdling scream.

9. Meadowlands

10. Jughandle

11. Home team

12. Italian

13. Newark

14. Benny

15. Hudson River

16. Park

17. Mall

18. Turnpike

19. New Jersey