Collective nouns – triologisms
Proud of having coined the term 'triologism' and drawn attention to these pack-a-punch three-legged phrases, I came up with a...
A temperance of cooks
Having recently revelled in the bursting descriptions of a quaffing, boozing, drunken chef in Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, I...
A draught of butlers
A hint of butlers having had a propensity for tippling at the sherry or the whisky? I would prefer a...
Collective nouns – quotations
A 'trove' or an 'aptness' of quotes; a 'delight' or an 'elegance' of quotations, complemented by a 'fount', a 'finesse'...
Economists
Just as I was thinking of instituting a monthly round up of collective nouns as part of this celebration of...
Collective nouns – reviews
A 'praise', a 'parade' or a 'stash' of reviews. Unless it's your books and the reviews have trashed them: a...
A chattering of choughs
As I've never seen a chough, knowingly, I don't know what they chatter about.
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Bullocks in droves
I remember pubs in Scotland called The Drover's Inn, and this collective noun can be used for cattle more generally. ...
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