nine-nine-six

English

Noun

nine-nine-six (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of 9-9-6 (“9am-to-9pm workday and six-day workweek”).
    • 2025 October 8, Kyle Chayka, “Will A.I. Trap You in the 'Permanent Underclass'?”, in The New Yorker‎[1], archived from the original on 8 October 2025:
      The new desirable employee archetype is a “cracked twenty-two-year-old,” Sun said, using the slang for a hyperproductive, extremely online programmer who might work “nine-nine-six,” a term adopted from workers in China that refers to a schedule of 9 A.M. to 9 P.M., six days a week.
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