# 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:** 7
**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:** [July 18, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/121 "2018-07-18T06:29:05Z")
A catatonia of Deadheads. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/122 "2018-07-18T13:57:36Z")
A reek of skunks ---
**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:** [July 18, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/123 "2018-07-18T18:11:51Z")
A redenbacher of colonels ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/124 "2018-07-19T00:34:56Z")
A poke of geese ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/125 "2018-07-19T17:04:39Z")
A wright of aircraft ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/126 "2018-07-19T17:31:32Z")
A sallie of fields ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/127 "2018-07-19T19:01:25Z")
A dash of destroyers ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/128 "2018-07-19T20:04:47Z")
A Groot of Ents ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/129 "2018-07-19T21:44:22Z")
A trick of magicians. A confusion of hypnotists. A play of dramatists. A volume of playwrights. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/130 "2018-07-20T16:56:33Z")
A roud of musical folklorists ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/131 "2018-07-23T01:14:09Z")
A Lark of Exaltations (with apology to James Lipton) ---
**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:** [July 23, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/132 "2018-07-23T05:50:57Z")
A melodrama of footballers ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/133 "2018-08-01T12:03:22Z")
A punch of suckers ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/134 "2018-08-08T05:59:41Z")
A shitdamn of crabgrass. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/135 "2018-08-10T14:33:49Z")
A Nantucket of limericks ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/136 "2018-08-14T00:12:01Z")
An annoyance of auditors. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/137 "2018-08-14T03:43:15Z")
An unfairness of moderators. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/138 "2020-05-11T02:40:34Z")
Bumped. You’ll all appreciate this T-shirt: [Attempted Murder T-Shirt or Sweatshirt | 7 Reviews | 4.85714 Stars | What on Earth | XC7791](https://www.whatonearthcatalog.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi?action=DETAIL&ITEM=XC7791&q=Attempted%20Murder%20T-Shirts) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/139 "2020-05-12T00:58:55Z")
A resurrection of zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370/140 "2020-06-24T13:17:26Z")
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