# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/81 "2008-12-04T00:48:05Z")
A pizza of pimples A \_\_\_\_\_ of muggles ---
**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 4, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/82 "2008-12-04T02:17:14Z")
A whinging of Muggles. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Hogwarts students. ---
**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 4, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/83 "2008-12-04T05:55:28Z")
A plot of Hogwarts students. A \_\_\_\_\_ of hippos. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/84 "2008-12-04T12:06:08Z")
A flight of hippos A\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_of Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/85 "2008-12-04T13:44:53Z")
A D’oh! of Simpsons A \_\_\_\_ of supermodels ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/86 "2008-12-04T13:51:47Z")
A **snit** of supermodels. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of telemarketers. ---
**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 4, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/87 "2008-12-04T13:59:58Z")
A dinnertime of telemarketers. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of baseball players. ---
**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 4, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/88 "2008-12-04T14:06:27Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > A dinnertime of telemarketers. > > A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of baseball players. A run of baseball players. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Santa Clauses. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/89 "2008-12-04T14:27:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A run of baseball players. > > A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Santa Clauses. Ahem. We had this already. (Since there’s only one at the North Pole, you could only be referring to department store Santas, right?) > [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > An annoyance of garden gnomes. > > A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of department store Santas. > [@twickster](#): > > A jollity of department store Santas. > A \_\_\_\_ of mermaids. ---
**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 4, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/90 "2008-12-04T15:30:59Z")
A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of twicksters. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/91 "2008-12-04T15:50:24Z")
A trenchant of twicksters. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of eligible bachelors. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/92 "2008-12-04T15:55:30Z")
A swing of eligible bachelors. A splash of mermaids. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of envelopes. ---
**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 4, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/93 "2008-12-04T16:15:16Z")
A pushing of envelopes. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of fighter pilots. ---
**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 4, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/94 "2008-12-04T16:45:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A pushing of envelopes. > > A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of fighter pilots. A [Tuskegee](http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/) of fighter pilots A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of blizzards ---
**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 4, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/95 "2008-12-04T16:57:10Z")
A whiteout of blizzards. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of bankers. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/96 "2008-12-04T17:38:15Z")
A vault of bankers A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of slugs ---
**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 4, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/97 "2008-12-04T18:05:04Z")
A repugnance of slugs. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Christmas Trees. ---
**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 4, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/98 "2008-12-04T18:18:53Z")
A tinsel of Christmas trees. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of eggnog. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/99 "2008-12-04T19:40:12Z")
A spike of eggnog. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of parking lot attendants. ---
**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 4, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/100 "2008-12-04T20:54:52Z")
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