Wordie: Murders of crows: Comments

Comment by fbharjo, about 1 month ago

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:15:07 +0000

jam of tarts

Comment by chained_bear, 8 months ago

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:57:52 +0000

another one: file of pelicans (also O'Brian, this one from The Wine-Dark Sea)

Comment by chained_bear, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:20:52 +0000

John, I found it in an O'Brian novel, but I didn't think anyone would want to see the citation. Likely it was The Truelove.

Comment by VanishedOne, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:46:23 +0000

I left a couple of comments on /lists/4456 about collective noun coinages floating around in a ghostly fashion.

Comment by John, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:03:35 +0000

Found it where? In the recesses of your mind? ;-) No matter--it's perfect! A turmoil of squid. My new favorite word!

Comment by chained_bear, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:12:52 +0000

I just found this: a turmoil of squids. Squids! Think of it!

Comment by John, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 May 2007 21:50:44 +0000

Just came across this one: a sord of ducks.

Comment by Asativum, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:50:48 +0000

Masterful. Thanks! Wasn't familiar with bloats, skulks, flanges, troops, sedges and towers, and I thought I knew a lot these.

As for a swagger of pirates -- well, I was originally planning to avoid "made up" collectives, but I can't resist this one. And aren't they all, at some point, made up anyway? Thus cracking the door to who knows how many more, I'm sure.

Comment by nkocharh, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:46:36 +0000

Yet another stupendous list, Asativum! I was all set to do this one, but you beat me to it.

I suggest people head on over to Wikipedia to match the collections up with their animals. And from that list, might I also suggest: bloat, skulk, flange, troop, sedge and tower.

And lastly, my friend has coined his own collective noun: a swagger of pirates. I suggest everyone put this to use in all future piratical descriptions.