99ers
COLLOQUIAL TERM FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
Ninety-Niners
99ers is a colloquial term for unemployed people in the United States, mostly citizens, who have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits, including all unemployment extensions. As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress in February 2009, many unemployed people could receive up to 99 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits, hence the name "99ers".