99er
Meanings
noun
- A long-term unemployed person who has exhausted his or her entitlement to welfare benefits.
- Someone in the bottom 99% of the population by wealth.
- Someone associated in any other way with the number 99 or a year ending in 99.
Word forms
Etymology
99 + -er. "Unemployed person" sense from a US welfare provision entitling unemployed people to up to 99 weeks of insurance benefits.
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