In a message dated 1/4/2005 10:16:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Mark A. Mandel" <thnidu at yahoo.com> writes: > >--- 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 > And here I thought a "hobo" was a guy with a bandana on a stick who jumped from train to train looking for work! But with the way things are today, hey, a hobo can have a lap top! ;o) -C ^..^