cushy number

English

WOTD – 10 May 2021

Etymology

From cushy (“making few demands, comfortable, easy”) +‎ number (“activity, assignment, job”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkʊʃi ˈnʌmbə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkʊʃi ˈnʌmbɚ/
Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: cu‧shy num‧ber

Noun

cushy number (plural cushy numbers)

(Britain, informal) A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.
Synonyms: soft snap, soft thing

Translations

job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding

Finnish: helppo homma, helppo työ, helppo duuni
French: boulot peinard m, boulot pépère m, planque (fr) f, sinécure (fr) f
Polish: ciepła posadka f

References

“cushy number” under “number, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021.

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