99er

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long-term unemployed person who has exhausted his or her entitlement to welfare benefits.
  2. Someone in the bottom 99% of the population by wealth.
  3. Someone associated in any other way with the number 99 or a year ending in 99.

Word forms

99er 99ers

Etymology

99 + -er. "Unemployed person" sense from a US welfare provision entitling unemployed people to up to 99 weeks of insurance benefits.

Antonyms

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