one-percenter

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience.
• One who seeks or is granted honor far greater than their perceived contribution would warrant.
• One who wishes to be recognized for an idea without putting forth the "ninety-nine percent perspiration" needed to implement that idea.
• An outlaw biker, such as a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.

Origin

• one + percent -er. After Thomas Edison: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." The motorcycling sense comes from a supposed 1948 statement by the American Motorcycle Association that ninety-nine percent of motorcyclists are good people enjoying a clean sport, and it is only one percent who are antisocial barbarians.