cushy
pronunciation
How to pronounce cushy in British English:
UK [ˈkʊʃi]
How to pronounce cushy in American English:
US [ˈkʊʃi]
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- Adjective:
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
Word Origin
- cushy (adj.)
- "easy," 1915, Anglo-Indian slang, from Hindi khush "pleasant, healthy, happy" + -y (2).
Example
- 1. You 'll get sent to some cushy hospital .
- 2. Even so , pensioners hardly have a cushy time of it .
- 3. Now they have become the greedy , self - serving elite who specialise in policy blunders and award themselves cushy post-retirement jobs .
- 4. The jobs are hard to get , says mr zhang , but they are not the cushy sinecures that many assume .
- 5. Compared to english or history graduate students , physics graduate students have a very cushy life .