The Story Games Names Project

Compiled by Moyra Turkington
All credit goes to John Hodgman’s
musical reading of 700 hobo
names from Hobo Matters in “The
Areas of My Expertise” (http://
www.areasofmyexpertise.com/hoboes.html)
which inspired the 700
Hobos Project (http://www.e-hobo.
com/).
FEMALE 1
1) 1. Molly Bewigged
2) 2. Candleyed Sally
3) 3. Mermaid Betty Scales
4) 4. Ol’ Barb Stabyouquick
5) 5. Shanty Queen Elizabeth Regina
6) 6. Nit Louise
7) 7. Mairah Nix
8) 8. Unshakably Morose Flo
9) 9. Honest Amelia Dirt
10) 10. Bathsheba Ditz
11) 11. Dora the Explorer
12) 12. Andrea Clarke, the Human Shark
13) 13. Cecilia Graveside
14) 14. Betty, the Excorcist
15) 15. Antigone Spit
16) 16. Pamela Chickeneggs
17) 17. Scabpicker Sandy Rump
18) 18. Moped Enid
19) 19. Trixie of the West
20) 20. Elephantine McMoot
Ridiculous Hobo
MALE 1
1) 1. Ironbelly Norton
2) 2. Timely Clayton, Human Writstwatch
3) 3. Frog Eatin’ Lou
4) 4. Stungun Jones
5) 5. Kid Silverhair
6) 6. Robert Eatsforfree
7) 7. Floyd Dangle
8) 8. Senator Cletus Scoffpossum
9) 9. Sir Francis Drank
10) 10. Jeremiah Tip Top
11) 11. Aesop Bedroll
12) 12. Dr. Bill Stainchin, the Boxcar Medic
13) 13. Jebediah Dryasdust
14) 14. Hugo Stares
15) 15. Tar Nose Cohen
16) 16. Boxcar Jones
17) 17. Kneepants Erasmus
18) 18. Monkey’s Paw Patterson
19) 19. King Cotton
20) 20. Nooney Sockjelly
MALE 2
1) 1. Oklahoma Stilgar
2) 2. Jiminy Sinner
3) 3. Crispy Morton
4) 4. Ashen Merle Buzzard
5) 5. Battling Joe Frick-n-Frack
6) 6. Shagrat, Orc of the Ozarks
7) 7. Captain Slicktalk
8) 8. Venemous Byron
9) 9. Celestial Stubbs
10) 10. Ammonia Cocktail Jones
11) 11. Cholly the Yegg
12) 12. Birdflu Barry
13) 13. Crooner Sly
14) 14. Whiman Sampler
15) 15. Thermos H. Christ
16) Pantless, Sockless, Shoeless Buster Bareass
17) 17. Pally McAffable, Everybody’s Friend
18) 18. Unconditional Gavin
19) 19. The Goose
20) 20. Not the Goose
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