|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
Animals - Some Collective Nouns. By popular request... ... A
generation of vipers; A grist of bees; A gulp of cormorants/magpies; A harras of horses; ...
www.collectivenoun.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
though this is a recent yart, this was a good list, Bill, thanks!
my favorite:
a flock of lice.
hahahahaha
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
Lice = a seethe of mechanized dandruff, a pick of nits
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
A pick of nits? Is that seriously the collective noun for nits Dr. Bill!!!? 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
W-O'N, not many of those collective nouns are serious -- most of them come from an olde parlor game.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
Dear WO'N, if you don't like "pick" how'd you like a "lick"? From a two year old post,
with name of poster carefully omitted:
You are right, wwh, the British upper crust amused themselves with creating witty collective nouns,
mostly for animals subject to the hunt. They are thus called terms of venery. Some of my favorites
include, a parliament of owls, a murder of crows, and a crash of rhinos. There is a wonderful book, an
Exhaltation of Larks, which compiles many collective nouns. I'll check the author's name when I get
home.
Leaving out most of the story -> I once wrote a letter to a radio station discussing collective nouns,
and suggesting one for chocolate penises. If you ever hear the term, a lick of chocolate penises,
you'll know from whence it came.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,915
Posts230,127
Members9,198
| |
Most Online4,270
Aug 30th, 2025
|
|
|
1 members (A C Bowden),
3,443
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
