# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/21 "2008-12-01T09:55:56Z")
A squee! of pet cat photos A \_\_\_\_ of limos ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/22 "2008-12-01T10:05:13Z")
A stretch of limos A \_\_\_\_\_ of clowns ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/23 "2008-12-01T10:19:03Z")
A murder of clowns. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of bagels ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/24 "2008-12-01T10:21:37Z")
A facsimile of bagels. (What? No one said they have to make sense!) A \_\_\_\_\_ of trombonateers (trombonists). ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/25 "2008-12-01T11:01:29Z")
A tyranny of trombonateers A \_\_\_\_\_ of henchmen BTW, [here](http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/) is a rather comprehensive, and somewhat entertaining, resource of collective nouns. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/26 "2008-12-01T11:23:06Z")
A scheme of henchmen. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Frankensteins ---
**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, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/27 "2008-12-01T11:48:44Z")
A bolt of Frankensteins A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Virgins ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/28 "2008-12-01T13:46:29Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > A bolt of Frankensteins > > A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Virgins A cherry of virgins. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of prunes. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/29 "2008-12-01T14:01:12Z")
A regularity of prunes. A \_\_\_\_\_\_ of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/30 "2008-12-01T14:03:05Z")
A squabble of Dopers. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Saturday morning cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/31 "2008-12-01T14:05:33Z")
A quarrel of Dopers A(n) \_\_\_\_\_ of iPods (OK, I admit, I’m kind of stealing “quarrel”. I heard it as a joke collective noun for lawyers, but I was too late to play it when lawyers was the word. I still think it fits.) ETA: curse you, **twickster**! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/32 "2008-12-01T22:57:20Z")
A blitz of Saturday morning cartoons. A harmony of iPods A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of tiddlywinks. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/33 "2008-12-01T23:45:12Z")
A fisticuff of tiddlywinks. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of cat turds ---
**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 2, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/34 "2008-12-02T03:13:42Z")
A grimace of cat turds. A \_\_\_\_\_ of cookbooks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/35 "2008-12-02T04:00:06Z")
A soupcon of cookbooks. A \_\_\_\_\_ of talk-show hosts. ---
**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 2, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/36 "2008-12-02T04:01:07Z")
A gabble of talk-show hosts A \_\_\_\_\_\_ of dentists ---
**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 2, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/37 "2008-12-02T04:08:33Z")
A number of dentists! I know, I couldn’t help myself! A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of drunks. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/38 "2008-12-02T04:14:18Z")
A slur of drunks. A \_\_\_\_\_ of peanuts ---
**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 2, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/39 "2008-12-02T04:27:48Z")
A salt of peanuts. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of models. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/40 "2008-12-02T04:49:09Z")
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