# And back again... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 29, 1999, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479 "1999-10-29T18:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/21 "1999-10-30T06:20:00Z")
A playlist of Flypsydes. Ray ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/22 "1999-10-30T06:27:00Z")
a wrangle of lawyers ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/23 "1999-10-30T16:42:00Z")
I thought it was a billing of lawyers. _g, d & r_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/24 "1999-10-30T18:26:00Z")
A Flight of Dragons. * * * YO-HO, ME HEARTIES! ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THE MUSICAL BATTLE AT SEA! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/25 "1999-10-30T18:42:00Z")
A fair of fire-lizards A troop of (monkeys? baboons?) * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/26 "1999-10-31T02:14:00Z")
A catcalling of fraternity members A giggling of sorority members A defenestration of Czechs A bleeding of liberals A frowning of conservatives A group of moderates A sighing of existentialists A murder of nihilists (I know “murder” has been used, but it seemed appropriate here) An aroma of hippies A labor of Marxists A gaggle of Fascists A thumping of fundamentalists An objectivist * * * Nothing I write about any person or group should be applied to a larger group. - Boris Badenov ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/27 "1999-11-03T23:52:00Z")
I’m trying to think of what you would call a group of sollipsists but I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/28 "1999-11-04T00:20:00Z")
Shouldn’t it be a bounce of Czechs? A cluster/clowder of kittens A sleuth of bears A sorde/fflushe of mallards A paddling/team of ducks A shrewdness of apes A pod of seals A party of jays A pitying of turtledoves A crash of rhinoceroses A trip of goats A bouquet of pheasants An ostentation of peacocks A knot of toads A pace of asses A cete of Badgers A colony of bats A gang/obstinacyf buffalo A drove/herd of cattle bevy of roe deer A cowardiceof curs); A cry/mute/pack/ of houndsennel A gang of elk A leash/skulk/earth of foxes A tower of giraffes A tribe/trip of goats A bloat of hippos A harras of horses A rag of colts A string of ponies A cackle of hyenas A troop of kangaroos ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/29 "1999-11-04T02:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m trying to think of what you would call a group of sollipsists > but I can’t. How about “a reflection of solipsists”? * * * Designated Optional Signature at Bottom of Post ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/30 "1999-11-04T10:17:00Z")
A lisp of tweety birds A snippet of toenail clippings A flame of Usenetters A froth of rabid dogs A mouthful of maggots A system of fratboy moons A nap of teamsters A blurry of babies in a blender A pecadillo of presidents A snore of senators An index of reference librarians ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/31 "1999-11-04T10:36:00Z")
A group of mathematicians. A phylum of biologists. A mole of chemists. A quantum of physicists. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/32 "1999-11-04T16:06:00Z")
My favorite invented one was: A nun of your business. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/33 "1999-11-04T16:25:00Z")
a bale of turtles a bed of snakes a bevy of quail a bouquet of pheasants (in flight) a cete of badgers a charm of finches a clowder of cats a confusion of guinea fowls a covert of coots (whatever they are) a covey of partridges, pheasants, or quail (on the ground) an exaltation of larks a gam of whales a gang of elk a host of sparrows a husk of hares a knot of toads a labor of moles (wouldn’t this make an interesting title for a novel?) a murmuration of starlings a muster of peacocks a pace of asses a parliament of owls a plague of locusts (no kidding–that’s the official title of a group of locusts) a pod of seals or whales a shrewdness of apes a skein of geese (in flight) a skulk of foxes a sloth of bears a troop of monkeys a watch of nightingales (source: Random House Word Menu–the coolest word reference ever–like a backwards dictionary, where you look things up by subject) I hope that most of these aren’t repeats. I’m too lazy to check. ---
**Author:** ![heretic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@heretic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heretic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479/34 "1999-11-05T06:07:00Z")
Coots are black waterbirds. They look like moorhens, but moorhens have green feet while coots’ are red. ben [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-back-again/4479.md?page=1)