Saturday, August 15, 2009

I made up a new word!

Hobotic

(hō-bŏt'ĭk)

Adjective - Pertaining to or exhibiting characteristics of a hobo.
Posted by Christopher Goodwine at 11:49 AM
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9 comments:

  1. hobos are one of literature's most interesting stock character. Interesting stock character? Is there such a thing? Yes, my friends, and "hobo" is his name.

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  2. And I was guessing a robotic hobo.

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  3. This brought up a whole different image for me--as in girl who is acting like a ho. Lol, maybe I've been editing my YA too long if this is the image that first pops into my head.

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  4. Let me try using it in a sentence.

    "Eric!'s hobotic outfit made him the topic of conversation at the party."

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  5. Lauren - Yep, from Kerouac to cartoons to pop art, it's a veritable hobopolis!

    Travis - Robohobo? I can see it now, so clearly in my head: Robohobo - The Later Years of Robocop

    Groupie - Oh dear. If you're tired of YA, you can always try writing hoboerotica.

    Wally - Thank you. I'll try another.

    "Due to a slight misspelling on the order form, Captain Zip, the only man standing between the Earth and annihilation, received a suit of Hobotic Armor, just in time for the alien invasion."

    "The Tarantula is rather hobotic in the sense that it stows away in cargo containers to be shipped across both land and sea."

    "He had a hobotic air about him, making people both resent him for his odor, and envy his apparent freedom."

    'Course, it can always be an adverb too, if you want to go down that road. I'll do my best to refrain from throwing in sentences using the term "hobotically."

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  6. "Austin's fashion and hygiene was hobotically lax, even by Comic Con standards."

    Ugh. Gotta stop before I'm Stephen R. Donaldson. ;3

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  8. That's a great word! Can I use it sometime?

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  9. Of course, Lazywriterfriend!

    Hoboticism is everybody's right.

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