cushy

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  1. adjective Informal Making few demands; comfortable: a cushy job.
  2. 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 ḳhuś, 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.”

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  • You might be surprised (like we were) to learn how much water is wasted and what types of trees are being cut down to make super-cushy, premium brand TP. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • I'm working on my laptop via their free, no strings wi fi service while sitting on a cushy-comfy leather couch … and listening to some fine Spanish tunes. —  Back Talk Lakewood/East Dallas
  • I've listened to old Tory slogans, and I have to say this: back in 1996, when Stephen Harper was getting ready to leave politics for a cushy job at a right-wing think tank, it was Stéphane Dion who was actually standing up for Canada. —  Liblogs.ca latest blog entries
  • They like their cushy jobs. —  Seeing the Forest
  • The fact that you have gotten comfortable to your cushy, liberal existence is not the worlds fault, it's yours.
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