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cushy

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cush·y  (ksh)
adj. cush·i·er, cush·i·est Informal
Making few demands; comfortable: a cushy job.

[Origin unknown.]

cushi·ly adv.
cushi·ness n.
Word History: Since cushy has a breezy American ring, it is difficult to believe that it is an import, as some etymologists claim. Members of the British army in India are supposed to have picked up the Anglo-Indian version of the Hindi word hu, meaning "pleasant," to which the suffix -y, as in empty and sexy, was added to form a new English word. Cushy, however, was first recorded in a letter from the European battlefront during World War I. This fact, in conjunction with our inability to find an Anglo-Indian source, casts some doubt on the Hindi or Anglo-Indian origin of cushy. Two other possibilities are that cushy is a shortening of cushion with the -y suffix or that it is a borrowing of French couchée, "lying down; a bed."

cushy
Adjective
[cushier, cushiest] Informal easy: a cushy job [Hindi khush pleasant]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cushy - not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"

cushy
adjective (Informal) easy, soft, comfortable, undemanding, jammy Brit. (slang)
Translations
Spanish cushy [ˈkuʃɪ] adj (col): a cushy job → un chollo;
to have a cushy time → tener la vida arreglada

French cushy [ˈkuʃɪ] adj (inf);
a cushy job → un boulot de tout repos;
to have a cushy time → se la couler douce

German cushy [ˈkuʃɪ] (inf) adj a cushy job → ein gemütlicher or ruhiger Job;
to have a cushy time → eine ruhige Kugel schieben

Italian cushy [ˈkuʃɪ] adj (col): a cushy job → un lavoro di tutto riposo;
to have a cushy time → spassarsela

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