yoghurt-knitting

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An imagined hobby of left-wing, environmentalist or hippie people.

   • Neither does a not-great website whose amateurishness merely reinforces the suspicion that shambling yoghurt-knitting is still a popular activity.
   • 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.
   • A closer look at Conservative candidate training techniques reveals that its not all been yoghurt knitting and yoga in a yurt in Notting Hill.
2. 2

   Having left-wing, environmentalist or hippie leanings.

   • Muesli, despite its sandal-wearing, yoghurt-knitting associations, isn't always as healthy as you might think.
   • 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.
   • 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.

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