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colective nouns
Posted by purple_dragon13 Jul 2 2006 9:39PM
    


we have all heard of a heard of a herd of cows, a flock of sheep, a gaggle of geese etc lately i've heard of some new ones that are better (these are all true) at describing the object a murder of crows a shrewdness of apes a destruction of wildcats a coalition of cheetahs a business of ferrets a skulk of foxes a bloat of hippo a leap of leopards a crash of rhino a raft of seals an ambush of tigers a sneak of weasels a chatter of budgies a parliament of owls a pride of peacocks a conspiricy of ravens a kaleidescope of butterflies a clutch of car mechanics an eloquence of lawyers a number of mathematicians an asylum of microsoft programmers a hangout of naturists a ponder of philosophers a gang of hoodlums a thicket of idiots a cloud of bats a prickle of porcupines an intrusion of cockroaches a flight of dragons an audience of listeners a converting of preachers a sneer of butlers a shrivel of critics a prudence of vicars a blast of hunters an aganda of tasks but in my opinion there are some missing that need a collective noun like a hug of teddy bears a pack of suitcases a ring of phones a compromise of middle men a giggle of teenage girls a strut of teenage boys a padding of footballers a flush of plumbers a cabbage of vegetarians a strike of bowlers a kiss of lovers a stress of teachers a smug of lottery winners anybody got any they would like to see included?



agree
Posted by Edward_92 Oct 23 2006 6:35AM
    


what about a laughter if children *edward_92*



collective nouns
Posted by texasroseIII (VIP) Oct 23 2006 1:52PM
    


how about a deck of card players



collective nouns
Posted by getoutoftown (VIP) Oct 23 2006 6:39PM
    


a scratch of pool player a bassenet of crib players a gammon of backgammon players a choice of RPS players a rook of chess players a dirty of canasta players a booze of gin rummy players a dash of dart players a tomb of pharoes treasure players a mark of checker players




Posted by purple_dragon13 Oct 24 2006 10:17AM
    


a fist of rock paper scissors players?



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