yarnstorm
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]yarnstorm (third-person singular simple present yarnstorms, present participle yarnstorming, simple past and past participle yarnstormed)
- (transitive) Synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”)
- 2011 May 19, Malia Wollan, “Creating Graffiti With Yarn”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:
- In London, Knit the City has "yarnstormed" fountains and fences. And in Melbourne, Australia, a woman known as Bali conjures up cozies for bike racks and bus stops.
Derived terms
[edit]- yarnstormer
- yarnstorming (noun)
Noun
[edit]yarnstorm (plural yarnstorms)
- Synonym of yarn bomb (“a decorative knitted yarn item, placed on a public structure as a form of graffiti or street art”)
References
[edit]- ^ “yarnstorm, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.