yoghurt-knitting
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
See knit yoghurt.
Noun edit
yoghurt-knitting (uncountable)
- (humorous, sometimes derogatory) An imagined hobby of left-wing, environmentalist or hippie people.
- 2004, The Architects' Journal:
- Neither does a not-great website whose amateurishness merely reinforces the suspicion that shambling yoghurt-knitting is still a popular activity.
- 2009, John Harman, The green crunch: why we need a new economics for Britain's environmental challenge:
- In this the instincts of traditional green politics towards insularity and self-sufficiency, the cause of all those gibes about yoghurt-knitting, are completely mistaken.
- 2010 March 8, Martin Salter, “David Cameron's decontamination project is in danger of derailing”, in The Daily Telegraph:
- A closer look at Conservative candidate training techniques reveals that its not all been yoghurt knitting and yoga in a yurt in Notting Hill.
Adjective edit
yoghurt-knitting (not comparable)
- (humorous, sometimes derogatory) Having left-wing, environmentalist or hippie leanings.
- 2004, Eve Cameron, Lose weight and stay slim: Secrets of fad-free dieting, Infinite Ideas, →ISBN, page 76:
- Muesli, despite its sandal-wearing, yoghurt-knitting associations, isn't always as healthy as you might think.
- 2008, Jon Gaunt, Gaunty's Best of British: It's Called Great Britain, Not Rubbish Britain, Random House, →ISBN, page 72:
- But green issues are clearly not our biggest concern because if they were we would have more of the lentil—eating, yoghurt—knitting 2CV drivers in Parliament, getting their noses into the no doubt organic trough.
- 2015, Josie Curran, Organised Fun, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
- I think my mum must have been going through a 'yoghurt knitting' hippy stage at the time, as the only brand that ever appeared in my lunch box was a mini packet of raisins as a treat.