1 definition by Joseph C Goodson
Main entry: to "get one's Ben on"
Function: verb
Etymology: Benjamin Linus from Lost
1: to do whatever it takes to get one's object of desire
2: to forgo morality, ethics and any sense of human decency to achieve one's end
3: any general craftiness, artfulness, deceit, treachery, lies, compliments, or strategy for the the purposes of self-promotion or self-satisfaction
4: Precise and efficient psychological manipulation
Function: verb
Etymology: Benjamin Linus from Lost
1: to do whatever it takes to get one's object of desire
2: to forgo morality, ethics and any sense of human decency to achieve one's end
3: any general craftiness, artfulness, deceit, treachery, lies, compliments, or strategy for the the purposes of self-promotion or self-satisfaction
4: Precise and efficient psychological manipulation
In order to get the new car she wanted, Jennifer got her Ben on when she drained all the oil from her used car and drove it till the engine died, forcing her parents to buy her the new one.
by Joseph C Goodson February 11, 2009