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9-9-6

9-9-6 noun: a schedule with 9am to 9pm workdays and a six-day workweek (usually from Monday to Saturday).

Noun

9-9-6 (uncountable)

  1. A schedule with 9am to 9pm workdays and a six-day workweek (usually from Monday to Saturday).
    • The Gen Z generation is bringing “good trouble” — a term coined by civil rights activist and politician John Lewis for nonviolent protests against unjust situations — to the “9-9-6 work culture.”2025 August 4, Bryan Robinson, “The ‘9-9-6 Work Schedule’ Could Be Coming To Your Workplace Soon”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025
    • Some have called for an American DeepSeek project, published industrial manifestoes full of references to China and even adopted China Tech’s grueling “996” work culture, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week.2025 October 22, Li Yuan, “Silicon Valley Has China Envy, and That Reveals a Lot About America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of 9-9-6

alternative form996

Origin of 9-9-6

Borrowed from Chinese 九九六 (jiǔjiǔliù, “996”).

Questions about 9-9-6

What does 9-9-6 mean?
9-9-6 means a schedule with 9am to 9pm workdays and a six-day workweek (usually from Monday to Saturday).
What part of speech is 9-9-6?
9-9-6 is a noun.

Words near 9-9-6 in the dictionary

  1. 9-2-5
  2. 9-5
  3. 9-5s
  4. 9-8 suspension
  5. 9-8 suspensions
  6. 9-9-6
  7. 9-gon
  8. 9-gons
  9. 9-man
  10. 9-omino
  11. 9-ominos

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