A: John seems to be well off these days. Has he been promoted?

B: No, but he’s doing well with a side hustle selling photographs to local magazines.

Note: A side hustle is a way to make money outside of your 9-to-5 job. The word appears to have entered our language in the 1950s, when it was used to describe both scams and legitimate jobs. Hustle comes from the Dutch word “husselen,” meaning “to shake.” The use of hustle referring to “a swindle” appears to have entered English in printed form in the 1920s, and for the next several decades is found almost exclusively in African-American newspapers.The word sees greatly increased use in the Internet age. Although it may occasionally be found used in reference to the “scam” sense, today it is predominantly used in the “job” sense.