Funky Words!!

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 24 Apr 2008, 06:11

Kurrawong. Otherwise known as a storm bird. Native to most of the Eastern coast, if not the whole coast. I've never heard of them called a rape. They look like a crow, so I would have called them a murder.

If only this world WAS a vacuum of Paris Hiltons!

Tracey Neal · Post by **Tracey Neal** » 24 Apr 2008, 15:23

Erasmus_Folly wrote:I found this on another forum that I belong to that loves words also:

Attention all ... Wordsmiths, Periphrasticators, Verbosers, Literalogsticators, Oral Spinners, Rhetoricians, Orators and Bibliophyles

An collection of collective nouns:

An armory of aardvarks
An abandonment of orphans
An abominable sight of monks
An absence of waiters
An accompaniment of condiments
An addition of mathematicians
An agenda of tasks
An amble of walkers
An ambush of widows
An annoyance of mobile phones
An anthology of prostitutes
An anvil of blacksmiths
An archive of programmers
An armada of ships
An army of caterpillars
An army of frogs
An array of luminaries
An assemblage of jigsaw puzzlers
An assembly of toys
An asylum of managers
An atlas of maps
An attitude of teenagers
An audit of accountants
An audit of bookkeepers
An aurora of polar bears
An autumn of leaves
A babel of words
A balance of accountants
A bale of turtles
A ballet of swans
A band of gorillas
A band of jays
A band of men
A bank of circuits
A bank of monitors
A barren of mules
A battery of tests
A beautification of spatulas
A bed of clams
A bed of oysters
A bed of snakes
A belt of asteroids
A bend of willows
A bestiary of mythological creatures
A bevy of beauties
A bevy of business angels
A bevy of dowagers
A bevy of quail
A bevy of swans
A bevy of tanked sorority girls
A bill of particulars
A billing of consultants
A billow of smokers
A blaze of pyromaniacs
A blessing of unicorns
A bloat of hippopotami
A blur of bicyclists
A blush of embarassments
A boast of soldiers
A body of pathologists
A bond of British secret agents
A bongsuckling of white house staffers
A boo of surprises
A book of mormons
A bottle of source code
A bouquet of flowers
A bouquet of pheasants
A bout of estimations
A brace of grouse
A brace of orthodontists
A bridge of admirals
A brigade of soldiers
A broadside of (artillery) shells on water.
A brood of hens
A buffoonery of orangutans
A building of rooks
A bunch of drongoes
A bunch of grapes
A bunch of janes
A burden of yolks
A bury of conies
A business of ferrets
A business of flies
A buttload of proctologists
A cackle of hyenas
A calendar of saints
A camp of transvestites
A candle of tapirs
A cast of actors
A cast of falcons
A cast of hawks
A cavalcade of horsemen
A cavvy of extra cowboy mounts
A cete of badgers
A chain of islands
A charlotte of webpages
A charm of finches
A chattering of choughs
A chorus of angels
A circle of Babbitts
A circus of fighter
A clank of tanks
A class of students
A clatter of tanks
A clench of sphincters
A click of (computer) mice
A clipping of geldings
A cloud of bats
A cloud of gnats
A cloud of grasshoppers
A cloud of plankton
A clowder of cats
A clump of freshman
A cluster of alpha computers
A cluster of grasshoppers
A clutch of auto mechanics
A clutch of chicks
A clutch of eggs
A clutch of kleptomaniacs
A clutch of leering women
A clutch of testicles
A clutch of wrestlers
A clutter of cats
A clutter of starlings
A collective of nouns
A college of electors
A colony of ants
A colony of beavers
A colony of gulls
A colony of microbiologists
A colony of penguins
A colony of rabbits
A company of parrots
A company of soldiers
A compromise of senators
A conflagration of arsonists
A conflagration of pyromaniacs
A confusion of traffic cones
A confusion of meanderings
A congregation of people
A congregation of plovers
A congregation of worshipers
A congress of baboons
A consort of Corgwyn ("Corgwyn - is the plural for Corgi
A conspiracy of ravens
A constable of ravens
A constellation of satellites
A constellation of stars
A constituency of voters
A convention of tongues
A convocation of eagles
A cornucopia of slugs
A corps of cadets
A coven of witches
A cover of coots
A covey of grouse
A covey of partridges
A covey of pheasants
A covey of ptarmigans
A covey of quail
A cowardice of curs
A crash of rhinoceroses
A crash of software
A creep of tortoises
A crew of military barbers
A crush of shoppers
A crowd of onlookers
A cruft of hackers
A crush of icebergs
A cry of hounds
A cry of players
A culture of bacteria
A cutch of vellum
A cupful of starlets
A cutting of cynics
A dawn of morning glories
A death-row of turkeys
A debauchery of Hedonists
A deck of sailors
A deceit of lapwings
A deficit of economists
A density of meatheads
A descent of woodpeckers
A design of engineers
A desperation of divorcees
A desperation of voters
A dilation of pupils
A disputation of lawyers
A dissimulation of birds
A divergence of Canadians
A division of soldiers
A dole of doves
A donut of data
A doom of dragons
A dose of doctors
A down of hares
A draught of fish
A dray of squirrels
A drift of hogs
A drift of icebergs
A drift of swine
A dropping of pigeons
A drove of cabbies
A drove of cattle
A dule of doves
A drumming of grouse
A durante of toucans
An ecstasy of Morgans
An embarrassment of parents
An embarrassment of riches
An encroachment of fence-builders
An ensemble of homosexuals
An equanimity of tranquilizers
An ergo of Cartesians
An erst of bees
An evensong of choirboys
An exaltation of larks
A fall of woodcocks
A falling of dominoes
A fascination of listeners
A fascination of on-lookers
A fesnyng of ferrets
A fidget of altarboys
A fidget of suspects
A field of racehorses
A fistful of dollars
A flag of Americans
A flap of nuns
A fleet of ships
A flight of cormorants
A flight of doves
A flight of golf balls
A flight of goshawks
A flight of refugees
A flight of stairs
A flight of swallows
A flink of twelve or more cows
A flitch of bacon
A float of crocodiles
A flock of sheep
A flock of tourists
A flotilla of ships
A flourish of blossoms
A flunk of students
A flush of wing commanders aka "WCs".
A fluther of jellyfish
A flock of white Christmas trees
A flood of plumbers
A fold of chairs
A formality of penguins
A formation of geologists
A freeze of Northerners
A fright of ghosts
A gaggle of geese
A gaggle of pill poppers
A galaxy of stars
A galaxy of starlets
A gallop of Greyhounds
A gam of whales
A gambol of dancers
A gang of elk
A gang of hoodlums
A gatling of woodpeckers
A geek of engineers
A giggle of girls
A glacier of freezers
A glitter of generals
A glossolalia of pentacostals
A glut of parrs
A glut of pleasure
A gossip of relatives
A government of episcopalians
A greed of lawyers
A grind of chores
A grip of hand tools
A grist of bees
A groan of puns
A gross of farts
A grove of trees
A grumble of Pugs
A guilt of pleasures
A gush of sycophants
A hailstorm of gunships
A hamper of helpers
A hand of bananas
A handful of palm readers
A harmony of beauties
A harmony of singers
A hassle of errands
A hatchet of corporate downsizing proposals
A heap of front-end loaders
A heap of trash
A heard of blind people
A herd of elephants
A herd of horses
A herd of pigs
A herd of wrens
A hide of tigers
A hill of beans
A hiss of lisps
A hive of bees
A horde of gnats
A host of angels
A host of sparrows
A hover of hummingbirds
A hover of trout
A huddle of hippos
A huddle of lawyers
A huddle of players
A huff of people who write letters to the editor
A hug of teddy bears
A hum of bees
A husk of hares
An immersion of baptists
An imposition of in-laws
An incantation of warlocks
An incantation of witches
An incision of surgeons
An indecision of managers
A jackson of gloves
A jagger of tongues
A jam of tarts
A jungle of Nazis
A Kervorkian of I.U. Med Students
A kettle of drums
A kettle of hawks
A kindle of kittens
A kneeling of parishioners
A knot of eels
A knot of frogs
A knot of renters
A knot of Scottish bankers
A knot of shoelaces
A knot of toads
A knuckle of gangsters
A labour of moles
A leap of hares
A leap of leopards
A leash of foxes
A leash of hares
A lechery of priests
A lie of politicians
A litter of pigs
A luck of dice
A lump of toads
A machination of monkeys
A magnum of hitmen
A mask of raccoons
A mass of Catholics
A mass of priests
A maul of bears
A maze of canyons
A meaning of dictionaries
A medusa of knots
A meet of racehorses
A meeting of quakers
A melee of rioters
A membership of presbyterians
A menage of mongrels
A mess of grits
A mess of little boys
A mess of officers
A mess of pottage
A mint of candies
A minuscule of sub-atomic particles
A minyan of Jews (the quorum for a congregation)
A mixture of pharmacists
A moan of lamentations
A mob of kangaroo
A mob of Texans
A mug of narcissists
A multiplication of loafers
A murder of crows
A murmur of alliterations
A murmer of nuns
A murmuration of starlings
A muscle of marines
A muster of peacocks
A muster of soldiers
A muster of storks
A mustering of storks
A mute of hounds
A nag of grandparents
A nest of bowls
A nest of machine guns
A nest of mice
A nest of rabbits
A nest of vipers
A nest of wasps
A network of computers
A nobility of beasts
A number of mathematicians
A nye of pheasants
An observance of hermits
An obscurity of poets
An orchestra of crickets
An orchestra of musicians
An order of waiters
An ostentation of peacocks
A pace of asses
A pack of hounds
A pack of suitcases
A pack of wolves
A pad of (sheets of) paper
A paddling of ducks
A pail of wasps
A pair of horses
A palm of wankers
A pander of toadies
A pantheon of gods
A parade of penguins
A parliament of owls
A parliament of rooks
A party of jays
A passel of brats
A patch of flowers
A pathos of mourners
A patter of footsteps
A peal of bells
A peep of chickens
A peep-show of CDs
A pencil of lines
A pension of condominiums
A phalanx of umbrellas
A piddle of puppies
A pie-full of apples
A pile of dung
A pinhead of angels
A pink of liberals
A piteousness of doves
A pithy of truths
A pitying of turtledoves
A plague of locusts
A plane of geometrists
A platoon of soldiers
A plump of waterfowl
A plump of wildfowl
A plunder of goons
A pod of seals
A pod of whales
A poke of fencers
A pomposity of professors
A ponder of philosophers
A pontificality of prelates
A posse of cock-turkeys
A posse of posers
A prattle of parrots
A pretension of intellects
A prevarication of consultants
A prey of nuns
A prickle of hedgehogs
A prickle of porcupines
A pride of lions
A pride of stage mothers
A propriety of nouns
A pryde of griffins
A pull of silk-screens
A pumphouse of egos
A quake of cowards
A quake of seismologists
A quarrel of lawyers
A quaver of arias
A quiz of teachers
A rabble of rats
A rack of gears
A radiance of cardinals
A raft of canvass-back ducks
A raft of ducks
A raft of widgeon
A rafter of turkeys
A rain of cats and dogs
A ramuda of horses in a large group, as a herd
A Rand of Objectivists
A range of mountains
A ream of bureaucrats
A reflection of narcissists
A regatta of swans
A release of anglers
A remuda of extra cowboy mounts
A rhyme of poets
A richness of martens
A ring of keys linked physically
A rope of pearls
A round of circumnavigations
A round of drinks
A route of wolves
A rumble of artillery
A rumpus of baboons
A run of cowards
A run of poultry
A rush of overnight couriers
A rush of pochard
A salon of Poodles
A salt substrate of potato chips
A salt substrate of pretzels
A salt substrate of saltines
A salvo of [artillery] shells
A scale of ichthyologists
A scandal of shoes
A school of fish
A sedge of cranes
A sea of bishops
A set of mathematicians
A sheaf of wheat stalks of grain tied together
A sh#tload of troubles
A shoal of bass
A shoal[e] of goslings
A shoal of shad
A shock of corn stalks
A shortage of dwarves
A shrewdness of apes
A siege of herons
A singular of boars
A skein of geese
A skulk of foxes
A slate of candidates
A slew of homework
A slice of circumcisions
A slither of gossip columnists
A slither of snakes
A sloth of bears
A smack of jellyfish
A smashing of luddites
A smuth of jellyfish
A snap of photographers
A sneak of weasels
A Sodom of shepherds
A souffle of clouds
A sord of mallards
A sounder of swine
A Sousa of marching bands
A splash of puddles
A spread of nymphomaniacs
A sprig of vegetarians
A spring of seals
A spring of teal
A sproutness of mushrooms
A squad of soldiers
A squash of sermons
A squeal of nieces
A squint of proofreaders
A stable of prostitutes
A staff of employees
A stand of flamingo
A stand of trees
A stash of weed when hidden
A steam of turds
A stench of skunks
A stock of portfolio managers
A storm of paratroops
A strangle of bad laws
A streak of tigers
A stretch of giraffes
A string of ponies
A stripe of zebras
A stud of mares
A studk of jellyfish
A subtlety of designers
A sulk of teenagers
A superfluity of nuns
A superfluity of priests
A superfluity of similes
A swarm of bees
A swarm of cockroaches
A swarm of dirty ragged plebeians
A swarm of haries
A swarm of literary drones
A swarm of suitors
A swarm of sycophants
A sweetness of sopranos
A swelter of blankets
A tangle of tricksters
A team of atheletes
A team of ducks
A team of horses
A team of oxen
A tedium of golfers
A terror of terriers
A ticktock of clocks
A tidings of magpies
A tilt of windmills
A tok of capercailzies (i.e., Old World grouse)
A tongue lashing of interpreters
A totter of giraffes
A tough of lesbians
A treachery of spies
A tribe of goats
A tribe of monkeys
A tribe of natives
A trip of dotterel
A trip of goats
A troop of kangaroo
A troop of monkeys
A troup of performers
A tumult of tubas
A tuz of hair
A tyranny of dictators
A ubiquity of sparrows
An undulation of hills
An unkindness of ravens
A vagary of impediments
A vane of directions
A vein of goldfinch
A vigor of hybrids
A vision of optometrists
A visit of jehovah's witnesses
A volery of birds
A waddle of Basset Hounds
A wailing of Weight Watchers
A wake of vultures
A walk of snipe
A wash of emotions
A watch of nightingales
A wave of surfers
A wealth of information
A wedge of geese
A wedge of swans
A whale of surfers
A whistle of modems
A whored of prostitutes
A wiggle of Elvis impersonators
A wing of (fighter) aircraft
A wisdom of grandparents
A wisdom of owls
A wisp of snipe
A wolfpack of submarines
A wriggle of worms
A wonder of stars
A yoke of pilots
A yoke of oxen

Source: http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/

Erasmus luv will you please pass me a glass of water, I need it to swallow down this long list of words!!

WOW!!

Thats really interesting

I had a good laugh at these "collective nouns" ...I mean where else are you going to see written a spread of nymphomaniacs along with the wisdom of grandparents or a sprig of vegetarians with a steam of turds

BIG BELLY LAUGH