two-percenter

noun

A joke or reference that is so obscure that only a small minority of the audience will recognize and understand it.

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Meanings

nountwo-percenter (plural two-percenters)

plural two-percenters

  1. A joke or reference that is so obscure that only a small minority of the audience will recognize and understand it.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of two percenter.

    If someone does not know the traditions, that person is asked "Are you a two-percenter?" By categorizing them as outcasts, mainstream Aggies overtly pressure two-percenters to correct the error of their ways and be reintegrated into the culture.

    2010, G. Mitchell Reyes, Public Memory, Race, and Ethnicity, page 131

Origin

From two percent + -er.

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APA

two-percenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-percenter

MLA

“two-percenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-percenter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “two-percenter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-percenter.

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