# 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:** 6
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/101 "2008-12-04T21:28:29Z")
A purr of Jaguar sedans. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of catnip mice ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/102 "2008-12-04T23:13:10Z")
A(n) euphoria of cat nip mice A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of tennis balls. ---
**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 4, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/103 "2008-12-04T23:46:11Z")
A fetch of tennis balls. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of golf balls. ---
**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 5, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/104 "2008-12-05T00:02:36Z")
A flight of golf balls. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of sasquatches. ---
**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 5, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/105 "2008-12-05T00:29:21Z")
A credulity of sasquatches. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Loch Ness monsters. ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/106 "2008-12-05T00:41:02Z")
A mystery of Loch Ness monsters. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_of odd people? ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/107 "2008-12-05T00:53:12Z")
A crackpot of odd people A \_\_\_\_\_ of bones ---
**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 5, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/108 "2008-12-05T00:55:53Z")
An ossuary of bones. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of hobos. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/109 "2008-12-05T00:59:56Z")
An employment of hobos. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of aspiring writers. ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/110 "2008-12-05T01:08:36Z")
A scientology of aspiring writers. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of blind dogs ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/111 "2008-12-05T02:15:34Z")
An angesis of blind dogs.\* A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of pundits. \*[Angesis McBarker](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/MagooAndDog.jpg/180px-MagooAndDog.jpg)was the name of Mr. Magoo’s equally nearsighted dog. ---
**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 5, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/112 "2008-12-05T03:37:52Z")
A pontification of pundits. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Saturday Night Live skits. ---
**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 5, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/113 "2008-12-05T03:47:02Z")
A tedium of SNL skits. A \_\_\_\_\_\_ of watches. ---
**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 5, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/114 "2008-12-05T04:15:31Z")
A ticktock of watches. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Republican hopefuls for 2012. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/115 "2008-12-05T05:26:44Z")
A palin of Republican hopefuls. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of souvenirs. ---
**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 5, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/116 "2008-12-05T06:17:01Z")
A superfluity of souvenirs. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of sullen Goth teens. ---
**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 5, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/117 "2008-12-05T06:18:53Z")
A drama of sullen goth tears. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of coffins. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/118 "2008-12-05T06:38:41Z")
An overkill of coffins. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of hypochondriacs. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/119 "2008-12-05T07:15:21Z")
Change the above to “A Gehenna of coffins” please; I didn’t really like overkill. Returning to A \_\_\_\_\_ of hypochondriacs. ---
**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 5, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029/120 "2008-12-05T07:44:56Z")
A panic of hypochondriacs. A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of snowmen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-your-own-collective-nouns-fiction-and-nonfiction/475029.md?page=7)