Collective nouns
joanlawson
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Do you know any collective nouns :?: eg:
A litter of bins
A crumble of biscuits
An anorak of nerds
A spike of hedgehogs
A gazump of estate agents
A waffle of MPs
A spin of spokespeople
A piffle of philosophers
A sty of male chauvinists
A hobble of AC members
Can you add to the list :?: :?:
A litter of bins
A crumble of biscuits
An anorak of nerds
A spike of hedgehogs
A gazump of estate agents
A waffle of MPs
A spin of spokespeople
A piffle of philosophers
A sty of male chauvinists
A hobble of AC members
Can you add to the list :?: :?:
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How about
a dunce of pupils
a crime of prisoners
a fibber of used car salesmen
a trash of dustmen
a scoop of ice cream vans
a ticket of traffic wardens
a cop of policemen
a splash of swimmers
a sprint of athletes
a punch of boxers (fighting people, not a style of men's underwear)
a blush of shy people
a retreat of cowards
a medal of heroes
Any good? DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
If it were mens chundies DD
It would have to be a bunch of boxers ...
Eeeeuuuuwwww!!!
thes are good girls - keep it up
Love
Brain-dead Toni xx0 -
a prayer of preachers
a chalk of teachers
a brush of painters
a tack of carpenters
a clank of milkmen
a run of athletes
a twist of gymnasts
DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
Can't think of any to add just now, but the ones already posted are priceless. thanks for a good laugh everyone
Cath0 -
A piddle of dogs
A fluff of kittens
A grouse of men
A chatter of women
A kick of footballers
.....and my favourite 'real' ones.........a charm of goldfinches and a murder of crows.
Annie0 -
Some real ones:
a clowder of cats
a labour of moles
a skulk of foxes
a sloth of bears
a smuck of jellyfish
DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
Thanks for your contributions, DD, Toni, B/Cham, Del, and Annie. Here's a few more:
A giggle of girls
A posse of policemen
A hiss of lisps
A pomposity of professors
A mischief of mice
A bloat of hippos
A lounge of lizards
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
A murmuration of starlings ( I like that one, and I think it is the correct collective noun for starlings )0 -
A splat of seagulls.
A pipe of plumbers.
A rolling of wheelie bins.
A crash of computers.
A disturbance of mowers.
A snoring of beds.
A watching of TVs.
A crumple of ironing.
A mixup of socks.
Joseph 8)Joseph0 -
Thanks for those Joseph. Some very good ones
Can you think of a good one for speed bumps :?:0 -
A noise of boys (small ones that is)
A flounce of girls (teenage ones)0 -
a de-celeration of speed bumps?
an interruption of speed bumps?
a nuisance of speed bumps - ha! that works!
a jolting of speed bumps?
a bounce of speed bumps?
a jolt of speed bumps?
any good?
More real ones:
a bench of bishops
a drove of cattle
a gang of elk
a muster of peacocks
a nide of pheasant
Is pheasant the same in the plural as singular? Like salmon and sheep? Or should it be pheasants? That doesn't sound right, somehow. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
a de-celeration of speed bumps?
an interruption of speed bumps?
a nuisance of speed bumps - ha! that works!
a jolting of speed bumps?
a bounce of speed bumps?
a jolt of speed bumps?
Thanks, DD. Joseph will appreciate these 8)0 -
a wince of physiotherapists
a jab of nurses
a block of receptionists
a performance of administrators
Yup, DD's been to the hospital again.Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
a shock of electricians
a hod of builders
a frame of scaffolders
a smear of plasterers
a pipe of plumbers
a whiff of gas fitters
a swell of sailors
a tank of soldiers
a flight of airmen
a confusion of lawyers
a bill of bankers
a prod of doctors
a shout of teachers
a strut of actors
a con of insurersHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
A sparkle of stars
A squish of snails
A leaping of lords
Marion0 -
Thank you for all your contributions to this thread. There are some very inventive collective nouns. Well done DD in particular :!:0
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I have just realised that I inadvertently copied livinglegend. Ooooops! How about this?
a ballcock of plumbers or
a bilge of plumbers (too seafaring?) or
a copper of plumbers or
a drain of plumbers
Ah, the last one works fine!
a plod of waiters
a pull of landlords
a punch of bouncers
an expense of taxi-driversHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
Well done, DD :!: :!:
A cornucopia of dreamdaisies0 -
an entertainment of joanlawsons.Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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