# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/21 "2018-06-20T02:52:53Z")
A scream of Siamese. (Yea they are loud) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/22 "2018-06-20T02:55:46Z")
A Townshend of broken guitars. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/23 "2018-06-20T03:15:45Z")
A cage of separated children. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/24 "2018-06-20T03:25:10Z")
I didn’t make it up; P J O’Rourke wrote the book: A Parliament of Whores (1991) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/25 "2018-06-20T03:35:13Z")
A travesty of Trump policies. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/26 "2018-06-20T03:36:19Z")
…opposed to the triumphs of those gone before. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/27 "2018-06-20T05:07:50Z")
A woochiewoochie of dog owners ---
**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:** [June 20, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/28 "2018-06-20T12:19:29Z")
A poppycock of superstitions ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/29 "2018-06-20T13:40:43Z")
A frat of bros. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/30 "2018-06-20T15:14:51Z")
a rung of ladders ---
**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:** [June 20, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/31 "2018-06-20T15:55:54Z")
An overwhelming of paparazzi ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/32 "2018-06-20T16:10:22Z")
A vault of bank robbers ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/33 "2018-06-20T18:59:40Z")
A chord of musicians. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/34 "2018-06-20T20:23:30Z")
An ohdeargod of music students. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/35 "2018-06-20T20:44:05Z")
A shortening of abbreviations. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/36 "2018-06-20T22:12:25Z")
A [periergia](http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/P/periergia.htm) of windbags. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/37 "2018-06-20T22:55:59Z")
A spillage of Onanists ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/38 "2018-06-20T23:46:30Z")
A flotsam of discards ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/39 "2018-06-20T23:51:04Z")
A plethora of posts.😉 ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/40 "2018-06-21T00:00:38Z")
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