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Posted By: Libros Collective nouns - 09/13/05 08:03 PM
The subject of collective nouns reminds me of a game we played in the ICU on the night shift: Medical Collective Nouns:
An injection of nurses
A cast of orthopedists
A rash of dermatologists
A shadow of radiologists
A slice of surgeons
A sphincter of protocologists
An arrogance of cardiologists
A void of urologists
A smear of gynecologists

Additions?


Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Collective nouns - 09/13/05 09:07 PM
a pod of podiatrists

Posted By: Father Steve Re: Collective nouns - 09/13/05 11:59 PM
a snoot of rhinologists
a house of ecumenists
a flutter of lepidopterists

EDIT: Sorry, I lost the medical thread in my enthusiasm.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Collective nouns - 09/14/05 12:17 AM
an inspiration of enthusiasts.

Posted By: Father Steve Re: Collective nouns - 09/14/05 04:50 AM
an inspiration of enthusiasts.

or

an inspiration of pulmonologists.

Posted By: Karasjok Re: Collective nouns - 09/14/05 07:48 AM
A pedal of cyclists

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Collective nouns - 09/14/05 09:02 AM
> inspiration of pulmonologists

better!

(and though having to explain something often spoils it, here's the etymology for enthusiasm:
enthusiasm
1603, from M.Fr. enthousiasme, from Gk. enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein "be inspired," from entheos "inspired, possessed by a god," from en- "in" + theos "god" (see Thea).)

Posted By: inselpeter Re: Collective nouns - 09/14/05 02:55 PM
A quandry of psychiatrists

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Collective nouns - 09/14/05 04:17 PM
an opinion of politicians

Posted By: Libros Re: Collective nouns - 09/15/05 04:01 PM
Upon seeing a group of ne'er do well students...
A knot of Rhodes?

Posted By: Zed Re: Collective nouns - 09/22/05 10:48 PM
A function of occupational therapists
A focus of specialists.


Posted By: inselpeter Re: Collective nouns - 09/22/05 10:50 PM
a fifth of defendants

Posted By: Zed Re: Collective nouns - 09/22/05 10:54 PM
LOL

Posted By: onlyindreams Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 07:18 PM
A clot of phlebotomists
Posted By: Faldage Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 10:08 PM
A brace of orthodontists
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 10:27 PM
a knot of ropemakers
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 10:34 PM
a congeries of collective-noun collectors

Posted By: Alex Williams Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 10:39 PM
a body of pathologists [stolen from Inspector Morse series]
a strut of surgeons
a space-occupying lesion of medical students
a block of histo-techs
a clump of cytologists
Posted By: of troy Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 11:21 PM
a bolus of geologists
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Collective nouns - 05/15/06 11:29 PM
a spoke of wheelwrights
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