Ninety-Niner

A person who moved out to San Francisco during the Internet gold rush at the turn of the 21st century, roughly in the year 1999.

It is a play on the term "Forty-Niners," which refers to people who moved out to San Francisco during the gold rush around the year 1849.

Yes, I did come to San Francisco in August of 1999 to work for pets.com, but I find the term "ninety-niner" offensive.

Ninety-Niner by NYCDavid July 23, 2012

Ninety-Niners 

Lab slang describing a group of quantum-computing researchers that has prepared a Bell-state using a two-qubit entangling gate with a fidelity equal or higher than 99 %.

German lab rat: The Raman laser is not locking again.
Indian lab rat: Hold my beer, I’m tweaking the PID parameters.
Spanish lab rat: Come on guys, without sideband-cooling we’re not Ninety-Niners anymore!

Ninety-Niners by Hyonoko September 28, 2021

Ninety-Niners 

A person who has exhausted all ninety-nine possible weeks of unemployment benefits.

"Tier 5 to Survive" has become the rallying cry of the "ninety-niners", those unemployed who have found themselves jobless for the longest period of time and have nearly or already exhausted all ninety-nine possible weeks of unemployment benefits.

Ninety-Niners by paulchristenson December 20, 2010

Ninety-Niners 

A Man who Engages in Sexual Intercourse With Other Men
Usually This Term Refers To All Nazis.

Hey Look at Those two Guys kissing,they must be Ninety-Niners

Ninety-Niners by Corey Bloom October 22, 2006

Four-Ninetynined

To be duped by The Machine of Consumerism to buy things you didn't know you "need" or "want" for the seemingly reasonable price of $4.99.

When you go to a mass retailer for some toilet paper and your total bill is over $50, you've been Four-Ninetynined!

"I would really like to take a vacation but I Four-Ninetynined myself to a staycation at Motel 6"

Four-Ninetynined by Kmt5161 April 28, 2013