Bum, vagabond, beggar, hobo....

and last but most definitely not least, BAG LADY. Where did these sweet words get off to anyhow? Now, it's not proper to call anyone a bag lady. But I clearly remember using this phrase when in the city as a child. Bag lady or bum were the words I used to describe the homeless. Hmmmm...

Is gypsy a bad thing to say too? All of those words are synonymous with words like vagrant, tramp, transient, rogue... and the like. I don't recall ever having called someone a rogue.

Bag ladies are tramps.