On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Mark A. Mandel wrote: > > --- Rebecca <rct9911 at comcast.net> wrote: > > Needless to say, > > she's a hobo now, as well as a boring lurker on this list, so everyone try > > to draw her out by saying "Haha Jessica, you're a hobo!" > > "Hobo"?? Obviously not the meaning of the word that I'm used to: > > Inflected Form(s): plural hoboes also hobos > Etymology: origin unknown > 1 : a migratory worker > 2 : a homeless and usually penniless vagabond > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?hobo dictionary.com (which I find I prefer to m-w.com) has "One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood" as the first definition. This seems applicable to someone out of college wandering the country taking short jobs or none - which is what I guessed Rebecca meant. This by way of asking if you have an opinion about dictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition plus [depending on the word] many other sources) vs m-w. Nothing like a print dictionary for sitting down and reading, but more and more I'm relying on the web.