Collective Nouns

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We all have this trouble trying to decribe a group of something. Well this site may help us.
http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/

Here some examples

# An assembly of toys (-suggested by Brian French, [email protected]-)
# An asylum of managers (-suggested by Rodney Jude, [email protected]-)
# An atlas of maps (-submitted by David Bannister, [email protected], from the CD-ROM version of the OED-)
# An attitude of teenagers (-suggested by RP4-)
# An audit of accountants (-suggested by Richard Blackwell, [email protected]-)
# An audit of bookkeepers (-suggested by Richard Blackwell, [email protected]-)
# An aurora of polar bears (-suggested by Marila Belcher, [email protected]-)
# An autumn of leaves (-suggested by RP4-)
# A babel of words (-suggested by Michael G. Pirrello, CHMM, [email protected]-)
# A balance of accountants (-suggested by Dan Hubbard, [email protected]-)
# A bale of turtles
# A ballet of swans (-suggested by Diane L. Gottheiner, [email protected]-)
# A band of gorillas
# A band of jays (-MG3-)
# A band of men (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A bank of circuits (-submitted by Jason Harris, [email protected]-)
# A bank of monitors (-submitted by Jason Harris, [email protected]-)
# A barren of mules (-MG3-)
# A battery of tests (-submitted by David Henderson, [email protected]-)
# A beautification of spatulas (-suggested by jeff brown, [email protected]-)
# A bed of clams (-MG3-)
# A bed of oysters (-MG3-)
# A bed of snakes (-CCW2-)
# A belt of asteroids (-submitted by Jason Harris, [email protected]-)
# A bend of willows (-suggested
# A membership of presbyterians (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A menage of mongrels (-suggested by Chris, [email protected]-)
# A mess of grits (-submitted by Jason Harris, [email protected]-)
# A mess of little boys (-suggested by Joan Garinger, [email protected]-)
# A mess of officers (-submitted by Marila Belcher, [email protected]-)
# A mess of pottage (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A mint of candies (-suggested by RP4-)
# A minuscule of sub-atomic particles (-suggested by Chet Meek, [email protected]-)
# A minyan of Jews (the quorum for a congregation, -submitted by David Rachlin, [email protected]-)
# A mixture of pharmacists (-suggested by Chet Meek, [email protected]-)
# A moan of lamentations (-suggested by RP4-)
# A mob of kangaroo (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A mob of Texans (-suggested by David Bannister, [email protected]-)
# A mug of narcissists (-suggested by RP4-)
# A multiplication of loafers (-suggested by RP4-)
# A murder of crows
# A murmur of alliterations (-suggested by RP4-)
# A murmer of nuns (as of their sound. -suggested by proman, [email protected]-)
# A murmuration of starlings (-TR1-)
# A muscle of marines (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A muster of peacocks
# A muster of soldiers (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A muster of storks (-TR1-)
# A mustering of storks (-suggested
We get off to the rhythm of the trigger and destruction. Fallujah to New Orleans with impunity to kill. We are the hidden fist of the free market.
We are the ink, we are the quill.
[The Ink And The Quill (Be Afraid) - Anti-Flag]



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