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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
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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
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019