side hustle

English

Noun

side hustle (plural side hustles)

1. (informal, slang) A secondary job that brings in extra cash.
   • 2015 December 14, Carl Richards, “Your Most Valuable Asset Is Yourself”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     But think of this side hustle as an opportunity to do something you love to do.

   • 2017 March 31, Rob Walker, “Headphones Won’t Solve the Problem of a Chatty Colleague”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “I love the side hustle. It allows you to do something that your job does not allow you to do.”

   • 2017 August 11, “Survey: 44 million Americans have a “side hustle””, in WSPA 7NEWS‎^[3]:

     The majority of Americans with a side hustle are young millennials, […]

   • 2023 February 23, Michael Levenson, quoting Neil Clarke, “Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN:

     He wrote on Twitter that the submissions were largely “driven by ‘side hustle’ experts making claims of easy money with ChatGPT.”

Translations

Secondary job

• French: activité secondaire f
• German: Nebenerwerb m, Nebengeschäft n

See also

• moonlighting
• nixer
• on the side
• side bitch