cushy number
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cushy (“making few demands, comfortable, easy”) + number (“activity, assignment, job”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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[edit]
cushy number (plural cushy numbers)
- (British, 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
- 2021 October 17, Kitty Empire, “The Storyteller by Dave Grohl – a Foo Fighter pulls his punches”, in The Observer[3], →ISSN:
- The band’s ascent is exciting and bewildering – until it isn’t. When Nirvana ends, he turns down a cushy number playing drums for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to record Foo Fighters’ terrific debut album in a makeshift home studio, playing every instrument himself.
Translations[edit]
job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding
References[edit]
- ^ “cushy number” under “number, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021.