# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/21 "2012-10-30T15:14:01Z")
A spade of gardening tools. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/22 "2012-10-30T16:13:52Z")
A rumble of Harleys ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/23 "2012-10-30T17:40:01Z")
Not my invention, but: a 'stache of Rons. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/24 "2012-10-30T18:49:15Z")
A waddle of ducks ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/25 "2012-10-30T18:59:00Z")
A few of pedants. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/26 "2012-10-30T19:02:20Z")
An eek of mice ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/27 "2012-10-30T19:16:33Z")
A smash of hammers. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/28 "2012-10-30T19:19:55Z")
A sorrow of lovers. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/29 "2012-10-30T19:26:20Z")
A heave of sailors ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/30 "2012-10-30T19:34:34Z")
My grandfather was a fairly eminent mathematician and logician, and a piece of family humor has come down that the collective noun for a group of mathematicians is: A Sum of Mean Squares And for a group of prostitutes: An Anthology of Prose ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/31 "2012-10-30T19:49:15Z")
A that’s just like your opinion man of bowlers. A strip of teas. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/32 "2012-10-30T21:32:38Z")
A village of smurfs ---
**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 30, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/33 "2012-10-30T21:43:00Z")
A shuffle of zombies. (I think I’ve posted this before) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/34 "2012-10-30T21:45:40Z")
A swing of gigolos. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/35 "2012-10-30T23:13:58Z")
(Not mine, but my favourite - best understood in the UK, Oz and NZ rather than the US) A wunch of bankers. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/36 "2012-10-31T03:26:46Z")
an ice chest of beers ---
**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 31, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/37 "2012-10-31T12:01:56Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > an ice chest of beers Or a nice chest of beers. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/38 "2012-10-31T12:22:45Z")
A confusion of referees (when a bunch of them have to work out what just happened and need to refer to the law book). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/39 "2012-10-31T12:39:31Z")
A plethora of platypuses ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-collective-noun-mania/638973/40 "2012-10-31T13:29:29Z")
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