When the adjective "crunchy" is used to describe people, as in "crunchy people", what does it mean?
2007-09-20 03:07:05 · 9 answers · asked by Tanaka 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Thanks!
The expression was in this passage that I stumbled across while reading a novel:
"And every shop was full. Another Santa clanged away with the same bell outside the cheese shop. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" rattled from a hidden speaker above the sidewalk in front of Mother Earth, where the crunchy people were no doubt still waering their sandals."
2007-09-20 03:20:28 · update #1
waering - wearing
2007-09-20 03:24:39 · update #2
I'm American and I've never heard the phrase "crunch people".
2007-09-20 03:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is used in terms of a person being "earthy-crunchy", then that usually means it is someone who really loves the environment and considers environmental issues to be extremely important. It can also be used to describe hippies, though that is not wholly accurate.
2007-09-20 03:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by J N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard "crunchy" to describe hippies. I believe it comes from the idea that hippies eat granola cereal (first introduced to the hippie community at Woodstock), which is crunchy. Hippies are sometimes referred to as "granola" types.
2007-09-20 03:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by D G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not a common term. In this piece it means "hippie" or someone with a progressive lifestyle and politics.
It comes form the association of hippies with (no doubt organically-grown, fair trade) granola.
2007-09-20 04:02:49 · answer #4 · answered by zim_8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing close to that is used only in the US military. We refer to "Cunchies" as infantry sometimes, because thats the sound they make when a tank rolls over them. Its a joke we use in the military sometimes.
If you mean "crusty" it usually means someone experienced. Someone that has done the job for a while and sometimes set in their way.
2007-09-20 03:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by mnbvcxz52773 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term crunchy people means fat or over the top.
2007-09-20 03:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
big people making noise. When u step on somethinh the noise or soung is king of like a cruch sound to it .
2007-09-20 05:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by elle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are somewhat rough in their style; they have not perfected a smooth and squeaky clean image
2007-09-20 03:16:35 · answer #8 · answered by jamoca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm English and I've never heard of that.
Maybe you mean "chunky" as in 'fat' ;-)
2007-09-20 03:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by kizzy_k 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋