We’ve all seen the lists for animals, pride of lions, gaggle of geese, bevy of quail, pod of whales . . .
But let’s coin some terms for non-animal nouns.
a clutch of purses
a clank of keys
a pound of hammers
a slick of hair gels
a biscotti of delis
a pod of iPods
:
a bunch of panties
good!, but how about a Wad of Panties!
I once made 7 birdies in a golf round, and my partner said i had a covey of birdies.
a rook of chess players
a smile of dentists
a whistle of construction workers
a trek of nerds
a derivative of mathematicians
a lopez of buttocks
a bosom of receptionists
a masturbation of virgins
a scratch of deejays
a moonwalk of breakdancers
a whored of prostitutes.
a lot of auctioneers
a lot of parking spaces?
A crash of penguins?
Edited to add: NON-animal nouns. Bah.
What about a “tin of cans”?
a tile of scrabble players
a funk of bassists
a shred of guitarists
an ego of lead singers
a luck of gamblers
a snoop of neighbors
A writ of pencils
A ring of telephones
A thing of Gummi Bears
a cite of Dopers:D
It’s a teeming of Dopers. Duh.
A SACK of hammers (as in, “dumber than”)
A flourish of strumpets.
a parse of split infinitives
a gnarl of old cowpokes
a rendering of lame racehorses
a spark of loose mufflers
From Family Guy:
A desk of Cheez-Its and a Hammock of Cake.
a murder of assassins
a twat of dildos
a skull of caps
a load of shit
a dump of fecal matter
a joint of weeds
a line of coke
a sack of balls
A silence of victims
A kill of murderers
A club of police officers
A slab of coroners
An objection of defense lawyers
A condemnation of prosecutors
A tapping of court reporters
A belly of bailiffs
A deliberation of jurors
A ruling of magistrates
A gaveling of judges
a muddle of committees
a determinant of jurors
an indeterminant of hung-jury jurors
a pummel of pomeloes
a droop of mourners