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...
An army of caterpillars
'Army' makes sense when you hear of trains of spiny, poisonous caterpillars marching like a locomotive across the southern landscapes...
A prodigality of marvels
A perfect collective noun for a mass of marvels. There are good reasons the first of Patrick Leigh Fermor's duo...
Collective nouns – metaphors and similes
A 'meadow', a 'marvel' or a 'meaning' of metaphors, or to capture the richness and variety of them, an 'invention'...
A conclave of cardinals
The word 'conclave' evokes the thud of a great heavy door closing behind the last cardinal to enter a thick-walled,...
A doctrine of doctors
So now, when you are reporting from a medical conference, you know the correct term to package all those medics...
Collective nouns – blog posts
Reflecting the mail origins of 'post', perhaps a 'packet', a 'pile', or a 'despatch' of posts. Or conveying their virtual...
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