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knit yoghurt

knit yoghurt verb: to behave in a left-wing or hippie fashion; an imagined activity among left-wing and hippie groups.

Verb

knit yoghurt (third-person singular simple present knits yoghurt, present participle knitting yoghurt, simple past and past participle knitted yoghurt)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, sometimes) To behave in a left-wing or hippie fashion; an imagined activity among left-wing and hippie groups.
    • Keep off hugging organic trees while doing GM-free yoga and knitting yoghurt, and I'll be happy.2004, William Venator, Vestiges of Freedom, WritersPrintShop, →ISBN, page 69
    • Certainly, there's no shortage of tree-huggers in magical, mystical Ireland, but mostly they're foreign nationals who stay over West, behaving themselves, doing up cottages, knitting yoghurt and stuff.2005, Stephen Price, Monkey Man, New Island Books

Forms of knit yoghurt

third-person singular presentknits yoghurt
present participleknitting yoghurt
past participleknitted yoghurt
pastknitted yoghurt

Origin of knit yoghurt

Humorous conflation of knitting and yoghurt-making, two hobbies popular among groups who support sustainability and self-sufficiency.

Words formed from knit yoghurt

Questions about knit yoghurt

What does knit yoghurt mean?
Knit yoghurt means to behave in a left-wing or hippie fashion; an imagined activity among left-wing and hippie groups.
What part of speech is knit yoghurt?
Knit yoghurt is a verb.
What is the past tense of knit yoghurt?
The past tense of knit yoghurt is knitted yoghurt.

Words near knit yoghurt in the dictionary

  1. knit one's brow
  2. knit one's brows
  3. knit one's eyebrows
  4. knit together
  5. knit up
  6. knit yoghurt
  7. knitaholic
  8. knitaholics
  9. knitalong
  10. knitalongs
  11. knitathon

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