Bellowing bullfinches
Never heard a bullfinch, so I don't know if they bellow, but it isn't an easy word to associate with...
A herd of curlew
The first time I have come across 'herd' as a collective noun for a bird. Curlews are large wading birds...
A goring of butchers
Marvelous. Can't better that one. But let's come up with another cut: a side of butchers? Or seeing the collective...
A murder of crows
A memorable collective noun, though perhaps unfair on the poor old crow. I have a soft spot for these intelligent...
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 chattering of choughs
As I've never seen a chough, knowingly, I don't know what they chatter about.
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Collective nouns – blog posts
Reflecting the mail origins of 'post', perhaps a 'packet', a 'pile', or a 'despatch' of posts. Or conveying their virtual...
A chapter of canons
A neutrally ecclesiastical term, so stick with this if you need to speak about a group of canons in polite...
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