# Make up your own collective nouns (fiction AND nonfiction) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 30, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029 "2008-11-30T06:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/1 "2008-11-30T06:09:55Z")
(A collective noun is something like “a _murder_ of crows” or “a \*pride \*of lions” or “a \*shiver \*of sharks”) Here’s how this game goes: I’ll post an animal/thing below and the next person creates a new collective noun for a group of it AND ends their post with a new noun for the next poster. Doesn’t matter if it already has one, but if it does don’t use the real collective noun. Try to be creative/funny/ironic with both the collective noun and the new noun! Feel free to use nouns from fiction. Dragons, stormtroopers, borg, whatever. To start: A \_\_\_\_\_ of lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/2 "2008-11-30T06:32:39Z")
A [swarm](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_group_of_mosquitoes_called) of lawyers. A \_\_\_\_\_ of politicians. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/3 "2008-11-30T06:44:36Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > A [swarm](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_group_of_mosquitoes_called) of lawyers. > > A \_\_\_\_\_ of politicians. A scum of politicians. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of serial killers. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/4 "2008-11-30T07:14:42Z")
A bowl of serial killers. A \_\_\_ of math majors. ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/5 "2008-11-30T14:19:52Z")
An erasure of math majors. A \_\_\_\_\_ of skateboarders. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/6 "2008-11-30T14:21:23Z")
A set of math majors. (Sorry, I’m sure there’s something far wittier than that available – feel free to revisit). A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of spinsters. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/7 "2008-11-30T16:18:17Z")
> [@criminey.jicket](#): > > An erasure of math majors. > > A \_\_\_\_\_ of skateboarders. A stupidity of skateboarders. A\_\_\_\_\_\_ of paparazzi. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/8 "2008-11-30T19:02:21Z")
A skitter of skateboarders A web of spinsters A crash of paparazzi A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of snowmen ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/9 "2008-11-30T19:31:17Z")
That one’s easy: A blizzard of snowmen A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of technicians ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/10 "2008-11-30T22:31:17Z")
A consult of technicians. A \_\_\_\_\_ of angels. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/11 "2008-11-30T23:13:35Z")
A hell’s broth of angels. A \_\_\_\_\_ of jocks. Yes that was the first thing into my mind, what of it? ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/12 "2008-11-30T23:19:14Z")
A melee of jocks A \_\_\_\_\_ of spaceships ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/13 "2008-12-01T00:26:45Z")
A galaxy of spaceships A \_\_\_\_\_\_ of pedestrians ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/14 "2008-12-01T01:09:21Z")
A pace of pedestrians. A \_\_\_\_\_ of camels. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/15 "2008-12-01T02:23:03Z")
A Lump of Camels A\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of petunias ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/16 "2008-12-01T04:46:17Z")
A Stem of petunias A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of cheerleaders. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/17 "2008-12-01T04:49:12Z")
A giggle of cheerleaders. An atrocity of lawn ornaments. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of vegetarians. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/18 "2008-12-01T04:55:08Z")
I’m torn between “A pod of vegetarians” (my first impulse) and “A garden of vegetarians”. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of cartoonists. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/19 "2008-12-01T04:57:38Z")
A thought balloon of cartoonists. A \_\_\_\_\_\_ of taxidermists ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/20 "2008-12-01T05:17:55Z")
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