easy, pleasasnt - from an Urdu (originally Persian)word 'khwshi' meaning 'happiness' or 'ease'. Came into English directly from India via British Army slang of the early 20th Century. Not to be confused with kushti which comes into English from Romany
1. A lawyer specialising in personal injury claims usually representing people against local authorities or large companies.
2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients for tripping and slipping cases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be a percentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured former employees of big companies.
1. Q: What sort of practice is it?
A: Oh, he's an ambulance chaser.
2. A: "That guy who got his arm
mangled up in our machine is suing"
B: "Who's he got?"
A: "Some ambulance chaser."
An economic class made popular by Frank Reynolds in the TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The "fringe class" refers to a set or group of individuals who have sufficient resources to lead a luxurious life; but instead chose to live a reckless, bohemian lifestyle with little to no regard for the quality of their life.
Tim is hanging out at the public pool even though he could get into the nicer private pool because he doesn't give a shit; he's fringe class.