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yoghurt-knitter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, humorous, sometimes

Examples

  • 2005, "review of The March of Unreason: Science, democracy and the new fundamentalism", New Scientist However, what I see is rational atheist Greens arguing fiercely with the homeopathic yoghurt-knitters, not a homogenous sect.

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History

Etymology

From yoghurt + knitter.