Economists
Just as I was thinking of instituting a monthly round up of collective nouns as part of this celebration of...
A clowder of cats
The spell check keeps trying to change 'clowder' to 'chowder', which I don't think anyone would want made of cats.
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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 piteousness of doves
A poetic collective noun, evoking the soothing cooing of the birds of peace, one of the gentlest sounds in nature...
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 murder of crows
A memorable collective noun, though perhaps unfair on the poor old crow. I have a soft spot for these intelligent...
A cowardice of curs
What a pity we no longer use 'cur' to objurgate someone. And how appropriate that the collective noun should be...
A temperance of cooks
Having recently revelled in the bursting descriptions of a quaffing, boozing, drunken chef in Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, I...
Bullocks in droves
I remember pubs in Scotland called The Drover's Inn, and this collective noun can be used for cattle more generally. ...
An embruing of carvers
Wonderful term. Firstly, where do you go to find an assembly of carvers? A school of butchery surely, or a...
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