Did somebody just mention collective nouns? because

18 years ago

I just love them. Some of my favourites

A waddle of penguins

An ambush of tigers

A sneak of weasels

A crash of rhinoceroses

A parliament of owls

An unkindness of ravens

An exultation of larks

A sneak of weasels.. who does that remind you of?

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User
18 years ago
Mmmm, good ones. I hadn't heard some of those. Here's a few more;
A clan of hyenas.
A murder of crows.
A squabble of seagulls.
An army of frogs.
A clew of worms.

Cheers,
Dee.
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goldhills
18 years ago
A few more for you.

A shrewdness of apes
A quiver of cobras
A float of crocodiles
A smack of jellyfish
A leap (leep) of leopards
A tiding of magpies
A company of parrots
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
A knot of toads
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youngquinn_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
Why dont we make up some...got any suggestions for a collective noun for politicians, real estate agents maybe who else?
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cranethie2
18 years ago
Wotch it.........my DH just retired from being a Real Estate Agent. He loved every minute of his career and had people coming back to him as clients for years.

Mind you........I would agree there are a few sharks out there.

Cathy
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User
18 years ago
What about;

A plutocracy of politicians, or
A quarrel of politicians, or perhaps
An extravagence of politicians.

Take your pick!
Cheers,
Dee.
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youngquinn_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
Sorry Cranthie2 I mentioned real estate agents because of the other thread about Lens adventures in selling his house, no offense intended. We can use all the good ones we can get.
Dee I really like an extravagence of polititians, or what about a pallaver of pollies? (dont think I spelled that correctly.
A rhumba of rattlesnakes Goldhills thats a goodie!
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calthrop
18 years ago
I loved the sneak of weasels.
I am back at my old job and have encountered something new.It is called office politics.
Having to watch my back ,never had to do that before.
So Sneak of weasels will now referrr to the team leader.
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youngquinn_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
Interesting new development we used to have bosses, now we all have "team leaders"
I also love A parliament of owls (so very dignified) actually the other one for owls is good too A stare of owls.
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robyn5760
18 years ago
Actually, I thought parliment of owls was very insulting... to the owls!
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youngquinn_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
Ive just come across a list of some suggested collective nouns....
An annoyance of neighbours
An ambush of widows
An impatience of wives (I can relate)
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Saintin
18 years ago
How about a ticker of politicians? They seem to keep throwing 'show some ticker!' about lately. ;)

And a coat of real estate agents brings to mind Century 21.

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Sparaxis
18 years ago
A frenzy of iris rhizomes?
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