Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 CH>  Actually I can't remember how it WAS put in that message; tis was
 CH> oh what (gasp) nearly two years ago?! I have seen it both ways
 CH> myself. SO I guess, either ways goes. :) The idea is it's the
 CH> abbreviation of the title. Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy.

You had it right.  Hitchhiker is a compound word.


Regards,

Roger 
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