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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Collective nouns #148660 10/03/2005 10:37 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 GeneR stranger GeneR stranger Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 Years ago, in grad school, a fellow engineering student had some experimental data which, when plotted, were loosely parallel and criss crossing. He came to our office asking what the term was for such lines. My office mate was recognized for his vocabulary and I was a math grad. We looked at each other and immedietly said; "A pride of lines" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Collective nouns #148661 10/10/2005 12:36 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Are you related to TEd? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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