# Help come up with group names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141 "2002-12-16T19:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/1 "2002-12-16T19:16:30Z")
We’ve all heard of “gaggle of geese”, “murder of crows”, “exaltation of larks”, pride of lions", etc… What would be some good group names for humans? I like the following: a Cassandra of Environmentalists a Futility of Educators a Techno of Gays an Annoyance of Pundits an Eisenhower of Retirees a Sensitivity of Liberals an Apathy of Conservatives Suggestions, please. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/2 "2002-12-16T21:42:10Z")
a Wrong Forum of Threads…? (IMHO 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/3 "2002-12-16T23:19:17Z")
An anthology of pros. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/4 "2002-12-16T23:24:31Z")
An obnoxiousness of children. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/5 "2002-12-17T00:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sampiro \* > **a Techno of Gays** Doesn’t quite have the same ring as “A Pride of Gays” does it? Though with some flamers, I wonder if “An Inferno of Gays” wouldn’t be a more fitting grouping. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/6 "2002-12-17T00:42:48Z")
Off to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/7 "2002-12-17T00:48:01Z")
Annoyingness of parents. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/8 "2002-12-17T00:55:12Z")
I have heard: a kiss of vampires an annoyance of cyclists a murder of crows ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/9 "2002-12-17T01:14:04Z")
I was thinking about this in Cafe Society the other day – what do you call fantasy fans (i.e., those whose only cinematic plans for the next three weeks involve “The Two Towers”) when they travel en masse? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/10 "2002-12-17T02:22:53Z")
Clive Holmes, eminent English Civil War historian (and my supervisor’s husband to boot), suggested “a malice of historians.” Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/11 "2002-12-17T02:35:27Z")
A Confusion of _Hamlets_. (My title for a cheat-sheet about differences between the three texts of the play, but it could probably apply just as well to the collected film versions, or whatever.) And in the same vein: A dismemberment of _Titus Andronicuses_. (_Titi Andronici_?) ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/12 "2002-12-17T02:39:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster47 \* > \*\*I was thinking about this in Cafe Society the other day – what do you call fantasy fans (i.e., those whose only cinematic plans for the next three weeks involve “The Two Towers”) when they travel en masse? \*\* A fellowship of geeks? ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/13 "2002-12-17T02:43:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \* > \*\*A dismemberment of _Titus Andronicuses_. (_Titi Andronici_?) \*\* I like! And perhaps a tempest of _King Lears_? ---
**Author:** ![Swinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Swinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swinger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/14 "2002-12-17T04:01:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster47 \* > \*\*I was thinking about this in Cafe Society the other day – what do you call fantasy fans (i.e., those whose only cinematic plans for the next three weeks involve “The Two Towers”) when they travel en masse? \*\* Personally, I call them a bunch of geeks. As in, holy F, what a bunch of geeks! 😉 Please take no offense, as I most certainly am one of those people myself. ---
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/15 "2002-12-17T07:24:30Z")
## quote: Originally posted by twickster47 ## I was thinking about this in Cafe Society the other day – what do you call fantasy fans (i.e., those whose only cinematic plans for the next three weeks involve “The Two Towers”) when they travel en masse? Nerd Herd was popular in my high school. I’ve grown to prefer Otaku, for the Japanesse slang for Fan-boy. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/16 "2002-12-18T20:33:02Z")
A Virginity of Trekkies A Galactica of Sci-Fi fans A Whine of Bleeding Hearts A Plaid of Lesbians A Dud of Costner Films ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-come-up-with-group-names/143141/17 "2002-12-18T23:17:11Z")
A Disaster of Kennedys