D&D General Who coined the phrase "murder hobo"

[der_kluge]

It seems more than likely that someone on this site might have done it.
Any amateur etymologists dug into this one?
We should find them, and give them credit where it's due.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It's old, I remember it being used on the old NWN site.

 

[Helldritch]

Doesn't it come from a movie? Murder hobbo?

 

[Flamestrike]

Homeless orphans with zero ties to any family or any friends (outside of other murderhobos) wander from town to town, killing things and taking their stuff.

 

[Azzy]

The first time I came across it, it was on the WotC boards during late 3e/early 3.5e.

 

[Aldarc]

Wiktionary claims it came from UseNet.

 

[Shardstone]

God.

 

[jasper]

It seems more than likely that someone on this site might have done it.
Any amateur etymologists dug into this one?
We should find them, and give them credit where it's due.

No one knows. He was murdered by a hobo.

 

[aco175]

I heard it from a friend, who knew someone who said Vin Diesel used it one as the name of a PC back in the old days- you know, before the internet.

 

[Guest 6801328]

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, I believe.

She didn't mean it as a compliment.