I just realized this is probably an anachronism. The term “hobo” (short for HOmeward BOund) was supposedly coined after WWI, to refer to all the soldiers just dumped in port cities who had to make their own way home somehow…and many never got there.
Depends on your source. Earliest English use of the term was in 1890, according to this essay (https://blog.oup.com/2008/11/hobo/).
(I am not a linguist or a hobo, so please take this with the “dude on the internet” salt grain it deserves.)
Another reminder that people have been horrible basically since forever.
Not a lot of sex, but plenty of violence. Yup, Holy Hell!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I just realized this is probably an anachronism. The term “hobo” (short for HOmeward BOund) was supposedly coined after WWI, to refer to all the soldiers just dumped in port cities who had to make their own way home somehow…and many never got there.
Depends on your source. Earliest English use of the term was in 1890, according to this essay (https://blog.oup.com/2008/11/hobo/).
(I am not a linguist or a hobo, so please take this with the “dude on the internet” salt grain it deserves.)
“I must test my hickory’s hardness” is going to be my new chat-up line.