One who is frightened of a severe change in fortune, romance, and lifestyle due to the negative energy transfer that results when making physical contact with the homeless.
“He was always so hobophobic. He never should've volunteered at the soup kitchen. Now he's gone”.
Ho-bo-pho-bic: a) N: One who is afrade of the homeless. A fear of people with long dirty beards and excessive overcoats in summer. Frightened by those with shopping carts.
They say that if you're afraide of gays then it secretly means you're gay. I'm afrade of homeless people, so this explains my recent layoff and jump in rent.