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Thread #55751   Message #868363
Posted By: dick greenhaus
16-Jan-03 - 11:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Collective name for a group of Mice
Subject: RE: Collective name for a group of Mice
Collective nouns like this are fun to play with. They're called "venereal" nound--not because of social diseases, but because Venus was a huntress.

I like a "gangle of adolescents" and a "cacophoby of folksingers". Probab;y the best designates a group of hookers--"a tray of tarts" or "an anthology of pros"