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05 Nov 99 - 08:51 PM (#132398) Subject: Collective Nouns From: Den While playing a game of Trivial Persuit one night a good friend and I pondered on some strange collective nouns such as a murder of crows, a conspiracy of ravens and a gang of Elk. We came up with some of our own, and they are as follows: A rash of hookers A stagger of drunks A clutch of wankers So, can we come up with some more. Den |
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05 Nov 99 - 09:12 PM (#132407) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: sophocleese I'm not thinking well this evening. I'll have a couple of drinks and see if that helps. In the meantime people who are interested might like to check out this place http://biobase.dk/Embnetut/Personal/venereal.html But don't do it if it will interfere with your coming up with your own terms. |
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06 Nov 99 - 04:14 AM (#132514) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: katlaughing A litter of Mudders
A spawn of politicos
A variable of waves
A pi of engineers
A die (dice,for singular) of high-rollers
A fuss of budgets
A herd of roving cowboys
A creel of SUV's A jeez, it's the middle of the night, what the haitch am I doing!?? Nice one, Den! Soph...I'll check it later, venereal??? kat |
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06 Nov 99 - 04:54 AM (#132524) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: bseed(charleskratz) How about a bother of telemarketers? a yee-haw of rednecks? a fury of readheads? a drool of banjo players? a redundancy of quadruplets? Here's a variation: take a collective noun and find a new appropriate use for it: a herd of otiologists a suite of tootsie rolls a gaggle of censors --seed
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06 Nov 99 - 09:45 AM (#132544) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: MMario hmmm --- I would think it would be more along the lines of an "insanity of Mudcats" or possibly and "addiction of 'catters" *g* MMario |
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06 Nov 99 - 04:03 PM (#132649) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Liz the Squeak How about: A collect of priests A surplice of choirboys (never a problem in my choir, damn, damn, damn, mutter mutter mutter) A giggle of schoolgirls A shriek of teenagers A grope of Italians (sorry, but they do!!) A flock of wallpapers A grunt of shop assistants A guffaw of clowns Well, it is still early and I'm still sober, besides there are so many fireworks going off here, it sounds like the Somme!! LTS |
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06 Nov 99 - 05:14 PM (#132675) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Lonesome EJ I still think the only collective noun that efficiently describes a group of Mudcatters is a Cluster-Folk.uh-hilk hilk! |
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06 Nov 99 - 05:40 PM (#132682) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Tony Burns An arseblow of possums? |
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06 Nov 99 - 05:45 PM (#132683) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Jeremiah McCaw Real term, and my personal favourite: "an exhaltation of larks" speculation: "a natter of secretaries" "a courtesy of Canadians" |
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06 Nov 99 - 06:17 PM (#132696) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: MMario another realterm....a vanity of peacocks |
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06 Nov 99 - 08:00 PM (#132727) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Freddie Fox How about a swarm of toddlers? They do!!! |
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07 Nov 99 - 03:53 AM (#132786) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Owlkat a mope of teenagers a drone of bagpipers a wheeze of seniors a yowl of cats a herd of shoppers a kvetch of mothers-in-law a sneer of actors a rant of ethnomusicologists Next!
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07 Nov 99 - 08:02 AM (#132810) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Micca A pick of Banjo players An irritation of Bodhran players Perhaps a pouch of Oposssums A rhythm of Catholics A doze of pensioners A spill of drunks An anathema of atheists An eccentricity of Mudcatters or should that be a diversity
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07 Nov 99 - 08:27 AM (#132813) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Freddie Fox A screech of fiddle players A reverberation of drummers A groan of bagpipers A twang of mandolin players A tootle of flautists But what would be the proper word to describe those people who go to folk clubs, sing the same song every week, too slow, out of key, with their finger in their ears, and complain about the least deviation from the norm in everyone else's performance? Please insert in following; A bore of.... |
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07 Nov 99 - 06:20 PM (#132963) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Liz the Squeak A prayer of nuns A pint of alcoholics A tease of porn stars An unfriendliness of traffic wardens An ugliness of bouncers A bounce of bras A chain of sadomasachists A gargle of dentists Sorry still sober, and hating every minute of it.... LTS |
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07 Nov 99 - 08:18 PM (#133008) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Caitrin Freddie... Some of my friends in here and I developed the word for those people. Ick: (ick)n. A person who acts as though he or she appreciates music (generally for the purposes of appearances) but in all actuality has no soul. An ick also generally knows considerably less about music than he or she pretends to. |
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08 Nov 99 - 03:06 AM (#133121) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Grubby a pluck of harps |
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08 Nov 99 - 03:17 AM (#133123) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: bseed(charleskratz) a collective of deacons (ya may have to be protestant to get that one) a seminary of studs a rant of talk show hosts an ovary of hens --seed |
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08 Nov 99 - 08:07 AM (#133152) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: AndyG A bridge of sighs A declaration of interests An absence of facts A cast of thousands A portmanteau of words
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08 Nov 99 - 07:01 PM (#133406) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Liz the Squeak A gust of farts A fondle of buttocks A stroke of genius' LTS
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08 Nov 99 - 07:42 PM (#133424) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: bseed(charleskratz) Squeak, you have a dirty mind. I like that in a woman.
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08 Nov 99 - 07:56 PM (#133436) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Brendy A splurge of onomatopoeiacs? |
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08 Nov 99 - 08:15 PM (#133451) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Brendy A hatful of rabbits A death squad of taxmen, A crow of parliaments, A yeeeuck of semen |
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09 Nov 99 - 11:17 AM (#133684) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Roger the skiffler A sewerful of Harry Fox Associates |
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09 Nov 99 - 11:37 AM (#133688) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Bert A sorrow of songwriters |
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09 Nov 99 - 12:15 PM (#133694) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Liz the Squeak BSeed, you think the mind is dirty, you should see the feet!! A slingback of shoe shops A grunge of socks (for that disgusting pile of odd socks found at the bottom of any laundry hamper) A lick of toes... (hee hee hee) A dervish of disco daddies - we've all seen them, fathers dancing at discos, like windmills, feeling like John Travolta, looking like Mr Snuffleupagus, dressed like Oscar the Grouch.... LTS |
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09 Nov 99 - 11:31 PM (#133973) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: bseed(charleskratz) I think its "a gush of onomatopoeia" and "a splurge of credit cards." --seed |
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09 Nov 99 - 11:43 PM (#133977) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Brendy and there was me thinking that I had just invented a new class of ...iacs. It must be the old Irish humour! Bren. |
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10 Nov 99 - 06:20 AM (#134031) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: AndyG A cabal of acronyms An amount of alliteration A game of draughts A verbing of nouns A crack of knuckles
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10 Nov 99 - 07:47 AM (#134036) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: a sleaze of used car salesmen |
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10 Nov 99 - 12:01 PM (#134124) Subject: RE: BS: Collective Nouns From: Patrish(inactive) a bucket of flowers a spot of dalmations a gobful of biscuits a handful of fingers |