Contextualizebeta

hobosexual

noun

Etymology

Formed as hobo + sexual, punning on homosexual; compare hobohemia and metrosexual.

  1. borrowed from sexuālis
  2. compounded as hobosexual — “hobo + sexual”

Definitions

  1. A person sexually attracted to tramps or hobos.

    • You’re a hobosexual — do you hear me! — a hobosexual! A man who can only get excited by women who are real tramps‼

  2. Punning on bum (as a synonym of hobo).

    • “Your Honor,” the young man said, “I just can’t live with my wife anymore. She’s a hobosexual.” “Just one moment,” interrupted the judge. “Don’t you mean homosexual?” “I mean hobosexual. You see, my wife’s a bum lay.”
    • ‘Smart-ass, know-it-all, arrogant pricks, with their terrorist sympathies, their hobosexual neighbors — ’ ‘Hobo'''sexual?’ ‘Bum fuckers! Fags!’

  3. A person of an unkempt appearance.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A person who seeks out romantic relationships in order to secure housing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hobosexual. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA