One-percenter

Quick meaning: One-percenter is a noun meaning (comedy, idiomatic) An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience.

Meaning

(comedy, idiomatic) An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience.

More Meanings

1. (idiomatic) An individual who seeks recognition for an idea without contributing the substantial effort required to realize or implement it.
2. (informal, idiomatic) An outlaw biker, such as a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
3. 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.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• one-percenters

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include centillionaire, moneyocrat, hundredaire, centimillionaire, octillionaire, uppertendom.

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