NJ Vocabulary

While technically, it could be explained as a sort of delicate dance move, the Jersey Slide is one that is performed not on a dance floor, but in traffic.

The Garden State may be famous for many things, but there’s one landmark you can’t miss. Literally. Meet Lucy the Elephant.

The New Jersey accent seems to be language all its own, and there’s a very good reason for that. Hint: It has a lot to do with immigrants.

Mischief Night may be what New Jersey does better than any other state. We may be the only state that celebrates Mischief Night, but we’ll take it.

It’s all right in New Jersey — at least when it comes to making a left. Jughandles can be a loopy roadside woe to a driver — especially someone who learned to drive outside of the NJ area — that…

Ahh, mozzarella. It’s most famous as a pizza topping, but it’s delicious no matter how you have it. Cold and sliced with tomato and basil. Baked over chicken and red sauce. Of course, it’s a welcome addition to a prosciutto…

Once upon a time, kids in the rest of the country could only imagine walking through a real-life fairy tale forest. But kids from Jersey actually got to do it. The Fairy Tale Forest was the stuff of little-kid dreams.…

There was nothing like being a kid in the late ’80s and early ’90s — especially if you lived in New Jersey. We had the shore! We had Great Adventure! And perhaps most importantly, we had Razz Ma Tazz. This…

Not long ago, particularly during the summer season, New Jersey nightlife was synonymous with shore living. But even when the months of summer were over, that Garden State nightlife didn’t take a hiatus; it simply relocated to Hunka Bunka, a…

New Jersey is famous for loads of visual landmarks. The beach, the Meadowlands, lighthouses, Asbury Park’s way-too-smiley Tillie and many more. The one landmark that stands out like an evil clown watching you drive down a highway is, well, the…