homeless hump (n):

1. the amount of capital needed to convert one's existence from a homeless one to a non-homeless or domiciled one. E.g: "I almost had the money scraped together for that studio, but I couldn't get over that damned homeless hump". 2. A person who is homeless, with whom one has sex; the act of having sex with a homeless person or the state of having sex while being homeless oneself. E.g: "Brian is a real loser: that night in his tent was just a homeless hump". 3. An even-toed ungulate of the genus Camelus, which is unhoused, whether temporarily or permanently. 4. A euphemism, used primarily by social apologists for neo-conservative capitalist ideologies, to explain why certain members of society "prefer" to remain in sordid social conditions. E.g: "The numbers confirm that the nation is almost over its homeless hump, yet a small percentage of society remains homeless."