Instead, the stylebook recommends “homeless people,” “people without housing,” or “people without homes.” Other terms considered disparaging are “vagrant” or “derelict.” Avoid the term the homeless. Instead: homeless people, people without housing or people without homes.

Whats another way to say homeless?

What is another word for homeless?destitutevagrantliving roughoutcastunsettledadriftbanisheddeporteddesolatedisinherited15 more rows

What is a nice word for homeless people?

What is another word for homeless person?vagrantvagabondtramphobodosserdrifterbumbeggarwandereritinerant101 more rows

What is Hobo short for?

Bill Bryson suggests in Made in America (1998) that it could either come from the railroad greeting, Ho, beau! or a syllabic abbreviation of homeward bound. It could also come from the words homeless boy or homeless Bohemian.

What is poor slang?

poxy (slang) piss-poor (slang) chickenshit (US, slang)

What do hobo signs mean?

Hobo signs/symbols could warn fellow hobos about dangerous towns or people, mark places where they had gotten free food and shelter, identify locations where free medical care was available, provide directions to areas where work was accessible, and much more.

Whats a nice way to say poor?

OTHER WORDS FOR poor 1 needy, indigent, impoverished, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken, necessitous, straitened. 5 meager.

What is a nice way to say poor?

OTHER WORDS FOR poor 1 needy, indigent, impoverished, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken, necessitous, straitened. 5 meager.

What is homeless slang?

displaced person. down-and-out. drifter. hobo. homeless person.