# New Game: Collective Noun Mania! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 26, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973 "2012-10-26T21:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/1 "2012-10-26T21:35:21Z")
Hurry! Hurry! There is a hot new game that will be the topic of conversation at water coolers across the nation come Monday morning! I invented it about a minute ago. You probably all know that a group of lions is a pride and a group of whales is a pod. But are you also familiar with a prickle of hedgehogs, a battery of barracudas and a charm of hummingbirds? The object of the game is to invent an appropriate designation for a group of something. Bonus points if you are clever or witty. Your subject does not necessarily have to be an animal; go ahead and use people, inanimate objects, abstract concepts, whatever. In order to help keep this going, please limit your input to **ONE CONTRIBUTION PER POST** (and do not make more than one consecutive post). I shall start us off: **A crack of plumbers** ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/2 "2012-10-26T21:51:19Z")
An earl of sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/3 "2012-10-26T22:23:46Z")
An obesity of hamburgers. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/4 "2012-10-26T22:58:23Z")
A lot of auctioneers. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/5 "2012-10-26T23:02:12Z")
A frat of beer kegs ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/6 "2012-10-26T23:55:36Z")
A lottery of gamblers. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/7 "2012-10-27T00:01:15Z")
A snipe of cheerleaders. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/8 "2012-10-27T00:09:02Z")
A plague of republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/9 "2012-10-27T00:19:58Z")
A nitpick of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/10 "2012-10-27T00:46:55Z")
A fraid of spiders ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/11 "2012-10-27T00:49:04Z")
A hipster of iphones. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/12 "2012-10-27T01:19:02Z")
A leer of perverts. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/13 "2012-10-27T10:23:27Z")
A trick of prostitutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/14 "2012-10-27T11:27:05Z")
A fap of porn. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/15 "2012-10-27T22:30:36Z")
A caboodle of kittens. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/16 "2012-10-27T22:40:49Z")
A fold of struggling “dead tree media” (newspapers, magazines, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/17 "2012-10-30T14:35:17Z")
A cache of economists ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/18 "2012-10-30T14:39:51Z")
a potluck of lesbians ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/19 "2012-10-30T14:46:45Z")
A rush of stoners ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/20 "2012-10-30T15:13:40Z")
A lot of used cars. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973.md?page=2)