# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 12
**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 17, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/221 "2008-12-17T08:58:54Z")
A Petulance of Opals (Chowder, please don’t encourage me! I’ll take you down with me!) A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Tryphophobics. (trypophobia) ---
**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 17, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/222 "2008-12-17T09:00:01Z")
A Petulance of Opals (Chowder, please don’t encourage me! I’ll take you down with me!) A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Tryphophobics. > **[Trypophobia, i.e., Fear of Clustered Holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497831)** > > Ever since I was a kid, I have had an aversion to things with tightly packed circles in or on them, the classic example being a honeycomb or wasp’s nest. I get very uneasy when they are in my presence, and in the case of the latter, I am not... ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/223 "2008-12-17T15:01:22Z")
A cluster of trypophobics! A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of shoe-throwers. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/224 "2008-12-17T15:53:28Z")
A Bush of shoe-throwers A\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of room 101s ---
**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:** [December 17, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/225 "2008-12-17T16:42:37Z")
An orwell of Room 101s. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Chicago politicians. ---
**Author:** ![Public\_Animal\_No.9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Public\_Animal\_No.9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Public_Animal_No.9)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/226 "2009-02-13T00:59:59Z")
A cellblock of Chicago politicians. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of spokespersons. ---
**Author:** ![Cookie101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Cookie101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cookie101)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/227 "2012-03-06T05:17:15Z")
A spectacle of nerds A\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of teachers ---
**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:** [March 6, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/228 "2012-03-06T14:14:39Z")
A patience of teachers. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of ghost threads. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/229 "2012-03-06T23:24:12Z")
A corpse of ghost threads. (Ya know, like copse, as in trees, but it’s ghosts. Get it?) A \_\_\_\_\_ of first-time posters. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/230 "2012-03-07T02:40:24Z")
A noob of first-time posters. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Republican Presidential candidates. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/231 "2012-03-08T19:25:45Z")
Oh, all right. A scrum of Republican Presidential candidates. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of cheetahs. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/232 "2012-09-13T19:29:10Z")
A swiftness of cheetahs. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of embassy rioters. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/233 "2012-09-14T21:24:59Z")
A rage of embassy rioters. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Monty Phthon fans. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/234 "2012-09-15T01:11:43Z")
A **ministry** of Monty Python fans. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of porn actresses. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/235 "2012-09-15T02:22:20Z")
A skank of porn actresses. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of porn actors. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/236 "2012-09-15T04:06:17Z")
A hareem of porn actors. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of grandmothers on bicycles. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/237 "2012-09-15T17:10:40Z")
An implausibility of grandmothers on bicycles. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of windup chimps with cymbals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029.md?page=11)