Canonical List of Modern Collective Nouns - nounpost.txt [01/01]
Dick Knight
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The "A-Z" of Modern Collective Nouns
The English language has some very strange collective nouns - most people
have heard of a gaggle of geese, but did you know that the collective noun
for crows is a "murder". Armed with this information, a group of people
decided to update the list of collective nouns by adding a few for
the 20th century. . .
An abacus of calculators
An algorithm of compilers
An anvil of blacksmiths
A balance of accountants
A bevy of alcoholics
A blast of aeroplanes
A bolt of horses
A box of cricketers
A bra of feminists
A break of winds
A breeze of Scotsmen
A burn of bras
A can of worms
A catch of aids
A chain of surveyors
A change of addresses
A circumstance of Rabbi’s
A clutch of balls
A cocoon of b-blackmen
A code of processors
A coffin of necrophiliacs
A compulsion of gamblers
A confusion of organisers
A conglomeration of businesses
A connection of peripherals
A corruption of programs
A couch of trick-cyclists
A coup of dictators
A coven of Mother-in-laws
A cramp of writers
A crash of bugs
A crook of shepherds
A crop of barbers
A curse of mortgages
A dago of Argentineans
A dearth of programmers
A deceit of politicians
A delusion of directors
A display of terminals
A dividend of shareholders
A donation of Jehovah’s witnesses
A doze of cricket fans
A draught of french knickers
A dribble of firemen
A drip of taps
A droop of brewers
A dry of marker pens
An erasure of disks
An error of appraisements
An excuse of trains
A failure of negotiators
A fairytale of planners
A fart of colanders
A field of fine legs
A filter of coffee cups
A flesh of strippers
A flourish of strumpets*
A flush of johns
A foil of British sportsmen
A fondle of bras
A fountain of urinals
A frock of transvestites
A giggle of gags
A gobble of Richards
A gossip of wives
A grope of gynaecologists
A gross national product of
economists
A grudge of sportsmen
A hang of judges
A harvest of farmers
A heap of brownies
A heap of diagrams
A hub of wheelwrights
FROM: oz@vsprsun_1 (Austin
Cassidy)
An idle of technicians*
An inactivity of offices
An indication of pointers
An infusion of teacups
An interest of bank managers
An interface of computers
A jam of cars
A keep of rubbish
A lack of ales
A latch of bytes
A lay of nymphomaniacs
A lean of shovels
A metre of traffic wardens
A movement of beans
A gnash of teeth
A nincompoop of customs officers
An odour of deodorants
An over of maidens
A panic of engineers
A pat of cows
A percentage of agents
A perch (rod, pole or) of anglers
A fallacy of sex aids
A poke of gigolos
A pregnancy of silences
A progress of pilgrims
A promise of suppliers
A prompt of cursors
A pull of birds
A quandary of implementations
A query of Queens
A reduction of enlargers
A reek of underwear
A ring of telephones
A riot of soccer fans
A rise of erections
A rumour of managers
A run of laxatives
A scout of guides *and* a guide of
scouts
A screw of hookers
A seam of tailors
A search of bushes
A sex of plugs
A shelf of projects
A silence of signalling systems
A skid of underpants
A slip of girls
A slop of canteens
A snip of vasectomies
A sombrero of Mexicans
A squeak of blackboards
A stagger of drunks
A stand of commuters
A strain of constipation sufferers
A strike of unions
A sty of male chauvinists
A suit of cases
A summons of policemen
A surprise of clairvoyants
A suspension of stockings
A sway of bars
A swindle of embezzlers
A swing of nudists
A thicket of Irishmen
A torture of racks
A trip of junkies
A trot of (brown) trousers
A turf of bookies
A twist of arms
A vat of tax collectors
A vertigo of steeple-jacks
A waffle of salesmen
A wait of buses
A want of specifications
A wave of sailors
A web of letters
A withdrawal of contraceptives
A word of editors
A writ of solicitors
A yank of Americans
And finally ..... An anonymity of authors
* these nouns were suggested by internetters from rec.humor and are
(in no particular order):-
oz@vsprsun_1 (Austin Cassidy)
roy...@connix.com (Roy C. Zartarian)
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Dick Knight
First Internet Ventroliquist
"Get gee out og ge gox" - said Peter Pinhead,
my wooden friend, as I drank a glass of milk.
st...@rosie.uh.edu
--Meredith L. Patterson (st...@jetson.uh.edu)