hobosexual
nounEtymology Formed as hobo + sexual, punning on homosexual; compare hobohemia and metrosexual.
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‼1993, David A. Rudnitsky, Men Who Hate Themselves and the Women Who Agree with Them, pages 160–161:
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.”2004, Billoo Badhshah, The Unofficial Joke Book of Couples, page 40:
- “I never knew much about this boy’s father. He came through here, courted me and we got married. Soon afterwards I found out he was a hobosexual.” “You mean homosexual,” came the correction. “No, sir, I mean hobosexual. He was just a no-good, passionate bum.”2004, Kuldeep Saluja, The Unofficial Joke Book of South Africa, page 48:
1 more example
- ‘Smart-ass, know-it-all, arrogant pricks, with their terrorist sympathies, their hobosexual neighbors — ’ ‘Hobosexual?’ ‘Bum fuckers! Fags!’2010, R. Scott Bakker, Neuropath, chapter 12?:
3
A person of an unkempt appearance.
- “You mean the hobosexual looking dude? Looks like somebody shook him up in a bag, and then tossed him out?” Madison giggled. “That’s funny, where did you get hobosexual from?” “Judging from the looks of him, he surely isn’t meticulous about his looks like a metrosexual.”2010, Danita Carter, Murder in the Hamptons, page 277:
4
A person who seeks out romantic relationships in order to secure housing.
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- hobosexuality