ginger group

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. the most active group within an organization, as a political party.

ginger group

noun

1. a group within a party, association, etc, that enlivens or radicalizes its parent body

Word History and Origins

Origin of ginger group¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

She had also experimented with cosmetics, creating the Daisy brand and a cheaper, nationwide fashion offering called Ginger Group.

From BBC

Reedie also rejected calls for a blanket ban from Wada’s athlete commission, calling them a “ginger group” and saying full bans didn’t work.

From The Guardian

The ginger group Our Revolution, which is a residue of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, supported a candidate to her left in a seven-candidate primary, perhaps because Fletcher would not genuflect at the requisite altars: She has endorsed neither a single-payer health-care system, nor Medicare-for-all, nor putting lipstick on socialism, least of all a ban — this is Texas, for pete’s sake — on offshore drilling.

From Washington Post

Some of the biggest gains will require banishing conventional petroleum-based fuel, says the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, a progressive industry ginger group whose members include cruise lines and commodities shipping lines.

From The Guardian

And that is why the mailing list for Labour First, a previously obscure ginger group that even its secretary Luke Akehurst admits was never “where the cool kids hang out”, has quadrupled since summer.

From The Guardian