# Weirdest herds you've ever named **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700 "2021-10-18T17:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/1 "2021-10-18T17:35:32Z")
Anyone have their own names for a grouping of something? You know, like pride of lions, murder of crows, flock of seagulls, etc.? I tried to think of one for a group of children. You know, the young ones that are running around and screaming? But I couldn’t think of a single word that covered “wanting to immediately castrate myself and go live in a monastary” so I’m going with “a flee of children”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/2 "2021-10-18T17:41:17Z")
A covey of rug rats. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/3 "2021-10-18T17:52:02Z")
I’m trying think of a collective noun for SDMB posters. A disputation of Dopers? A vociferance of Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/4 "2021-10-18T18:03:51Z")
A felony of inmates ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/5 "2021-10-18T18:05:12Z")
Clump of children has a nice ring to it and conveys the emotional revulsion. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/6 "2021-10-19T00:06:26Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > I’m trying think of a collective noun for SDMB posters. > > A disputation of Dopers? A vociferance of Dopers? A nitpickery of Dopers? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/7 "2021-10-19T00:17:57Z")
For kids? A mess of rugrats. Describes them and what they will leave behind. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/8 "2021-10-19T00:33:40Z")
Not mine, but my favorite one I’ve encountered is “a great deal of Ferenghi”. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/9 "2021-10-19T00:50:39Z")
Not mine, but my favorite: A shuffle of zombies. mmm ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/10 "2021-10-19T01:48:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > murder of crows You think Benson and Stabler might try to solve a crow of murders? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/11 "2021-10-19T01:51:19Z")
My Dog Crew are The Killer Elite. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/12 "2021-10-19T02:04:48Z")
There’s [a thread over in Thread Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370) containing exhaustive research into this subject. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/13 "2021-10-19T02:46:27Z")
Thanks. I’ve never ventured over there. ---
**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 19, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/14 "2021-10-19T11:44:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Not mine, but my favorite one I’ve encountered is “a great deal of Ferenghi”. Took me a moment, but it was well worth it. ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/15 "2021-10-19T18:37:21Z")
I’m surprised that neither this thread nor the one referenced mentions the formal name for these: **venereal** terms. Read _An Exaltation of Larks_ for a good time. ---
**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 19, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/16 "2021-10-19T18:57:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I tried to think of one for a group of children. You know, the young ones that are running around and screaming? But I couldn’t think of a single word that covered “wanting to immediately castrate myself and go live in a monastary” so I’m going with “a flee of children”. A pandemonium of children. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/17 "2021-10-19T19:01:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Not mine, but my favorite one I’ve encountered is “a great deal of Ferenghi”. I used to call a group of card players a “great deal” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/18 "2021-10-19T19:17:39Z")
There are a group of drivers I call “The 40MPH people.” They are drivers who relentlessly tailgate you on city streets with 25MPH or 35MPH speed limits, but the moment the speed limit goes up to 55MPH you leave them in the dust. It’s like they have settled on one speed and that’s what they drive all the time everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/19 "2021-10-19T19:26:00Z")
My own collective for crows is a caucus of crows. This just seems so right for them. How about an ignorance of students? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-herds-youve-ever-named/952700/20 "2021-10-19T20:35:26Z")
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