# A murder of crows. Make up your own collective noun. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 19, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370 "2018-06-19T06:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/241 "2021-11-27T17:18:12Z")
A log of Yules A Noelity of Christmases A singularity of virgins ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/242 "2021-11-28T16:03:14Z")
A euphemism of escort services. (Lipton) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/243 "2021-11-28T19:29:50Z")
An Anthology of Pros. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/244 "2021-11-29T01:26:08Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > A MASS of Bostonians > An UPYOURS of New Yorkers > A SPREAD of Texans > A GAMBOL of Nevadians > A JULEP of Kentuckians > A BASK of Floridians > > (All above by James Lipton in An Exaltation of Larks The Ultimate Edition) > > An EBB of Californians > A FRIEZE of Alaskans A LUAU of Hawaiians ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/245 "2022-01-21T20:38:42Z")
A puzzle of cruciverbalists. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/246 "2022-01-25T00:28:18Z")
A plethora of Plymouths ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/247 "2022-03-19T19:52:33Z")
A potpourri of popes? (unlikely, but nice to visualize) A sprinkling of throwing stars? If there’s a murder of crows - how bout a slaughter of slender-billed finches? a decapitation of desert finches? (don’t ask me about me and finches) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/248 "2022-03-19T21:49:16Z")
There cannot be a murder of crows without probable caws. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/249 "2022-03-20T03:12:19Z")
A font of typesetters ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/250 "2022-03-20T15:11:27Z")
A Manila of envelopes ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/251 "2022-04-14T05:35:49Z")
A yibbiddydibbitty of auctioneers ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/252 "2022-04-16T20:24:09Z")
A murder of assassins. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/253 "2022-04-16T21:31:12Z")
Also, a lot of auctioneers. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/254 "2022-04-17T01:50:11Z")
A seething of conspiracy theorists. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/255 "2022-04-18T03:28:07Z")
A register of complaints. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/256 "2022-04-19T03:11:33Z")
An ambivalence of representatives ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/257 "2022-04-19T05:45:44Z")
A cite of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/258 "2022-04-25T23:42:02Z")
A block of writers An anthology of poets A gallery of artists A gossip of women A splain of men A failure of Democrats ETA: A snap of pistol shrimp ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/259 "2022-04-26T00:06:54Z")
A sneer of Elvis impersonators ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/260 "2022-05-20T03:22:13Z")
A glut of zucchini. _(If you’ve ever gone to church or work when people are trying to pass along the excess fruits of their backyard gardens, you know exactly what I mean)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370.md?page=14)