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Collective nouns

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5 months ago skipvia said:

There are a few other lists that cover similar ground: Obstinate Buffaloes, Prides, Not Prejudice, and Murders of Crows. I may have missed some.

5 months ago chained_bear said:

might I humbly suggest turmoil of squid, and the newest one I've seen, file of pelicans?

5 months ago VanishedOne said:

With a little Googling I tracked down the source, which also offers 'a strut of hookers' and 'an embarrassment of basses'.

5 months ago VanishedOne said:

A ghostly a "consumption" of gothic heroines (also available in the equally ghostly variants a consumption of gothic heroines and consumption of gothic heroines) is turning up in the search-suggester; I wonder whether it belongs here...

about 1 year ago stpeter said:

I once wrote a poem about collective nouns -- http://www.saint-andre.com/poems/problem.html :-)

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