Meaning of one-percenter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the top one percent of a population by wealth, ability, etc. (same as the ninety-ninth percentile), especially in a society with high wealth inequality.
2. An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience.
3. One who wishes to be recognized for an idea without putting forth the "ninety-nine percent perspiration" needed to implement that idea.
4. An outlaw biker, such as a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.

Examples

“An upper one-percenter in the income and wealth distributions, Rubin commuted by private jet between the tony Jefferson Hotel in Washington and his Park⟳ home in New York.”

“When critics pointer out that the bulk of his tax cut⟳ went to the wealthiest one percent of American […], after Bush got finished spinning, it's amazing how many Americans ended up feeling sorry for those poor, deprived one percenters.”

“"But a few survive⟳, those with the right genetic trait, the one-percenters that will carry⟳ on and reproduce⟳ that trait."”

“[Y]ou've been one of the "one-percenters." You've always been in that rarefied top one percent of the people doing whatever you were doing at any given moment in your life.”

“I'd perfected my game, flying first-class all over the world, staying in five-star resort hotels, and seducing scores of one-percenters into stashing their fortunes in Swiss numbered accounts, no questions asked.”

“The patch holders themselves recognize that within the framework of the club there exists a radical faction - "the heavies" or "one percenters".”

“It was Sonny's idea to ally the various clubs under a diamond-shaped "one-percenter" patch. He took it a step further by becoming the first Hells Angel to have⟳ the famous "one-percenter" drawn on his arm.”

“There is, without a doubt⟳, the "one-percenter" subculture consisting of individuals who are social renegades in the criminal sense⟳.”

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