Collective noun for epithets
I like this collective noun for epithets, 'artillery' suggesting a quickfire delivery of pithy comments, with the additional charm of...
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 – metaphors and similes
A 'meadow', a 'marvel' or a 'meaning' of metaphors, or to capture the richness and variety of them, an 'invention'...
Collective nouns – quotations
A 'trove' or an 'aptness' of quotes; a 'delight' or an 'elegance' of quotations, complemented by a 'fount', a 'finesse'...
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 – words
OK, let's go alliterative on this one: a 'wealth', a 'wonder', or a 'world' of words. Alternatively: an articulation, an...
A chattering of choughs
As I've never seen a chough, knowingly, I don't know what they chatter about.
...© Beatrice Otto 2019 - design & content unless otherwise stated - all rights reserved