Bullocks in droves
I remember pubs in Scotland called The Drover's Inn, and this collective noun can be used for cattle more generally. ...
A doctrine of doctors
So now, when you are reporting from a medical conference, you know the correct term to package all those medics...
A chapter of canons
A neutrally ecclesiastical term, so stick with this if you need to speak about a group of canons in polite...
A covert of coots
A covert is a shelter or a hiding place, from which you might study coots. It can also refer to...
The cuckolds’ collective
An imaginative collective noun for the poor cuckold, perhaps the last person to see, or believe, what is going on....
A temperance of cooks
Having recently revelled in the bursting descriptions of a quaffing, boozing, drunken chef in Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, I...
An army of caterpillars
'Army' makes sense when you hear of trains of spiny, poisonous caterpillars marching like a locomotive across the southern landscapes...
Bellowing bullfinches
Never heard a bullfinch, so I don't know if they bellow, but it isn't an easy word to associate with...
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 murder of crows
A memorable collective noun, though perhaps unfair on the poor old crow. I have a soft spot for these intelligent...
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