# What is the collective noun for a group of websites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034 "2003-07-21T23:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![me\_again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@me\_again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_again)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/1 "2003-07-21T23:03:07Z")
Seriously smart collective of minimalist websites abstracted by a blogger at [textbased.com/~minimalist/](http://www.textbased.com/~minimalist/) **Just for fun** : between us we could determine what is the collective noun for a clutch of websites: a netlot? a browserful, a screenfiller? We could make grammatical history here because I think I will alert the OED to our short-list then we can © it to, er … who do you think we should attribute this new collective noun to? This post is duplicated from IMHO ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/2 "2003-07-21T23:12:52Z")
a link of websites an url (pronounced “earl”) of websites a futility of websites a memory of websites ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/3 "2003-07-21T23:19:10Z")
I’ve been using “ring” if all the sites have something in common. I don’t know where it comes from, but I’ve seen it in other places (“a ring of fan sites”) where you can click on a button to take you to a random one of the sites or move through them in order. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/4 "2003-07-21T23:28:04Z")
Rings are linked through URLs but I could see using ‘ring’ as a collective noun. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/5 "2003-07-21T23:39:01Z")
It’s a Geekel. ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/6 "2003-07-22T00:53:28Z")
a nest of websites ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/7 "2003-07-22T01:24:59Z")
Maze, jungle, knot, labyrinth, mesh, morass, skein, snarl, tangle or linkazoid. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/8 "2003-07-22T01:52:42Z")
A village A surrounding A mess A bunch A gurgling A digit A passel ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/9 "2003-07-22T02:09:10Z")
Okay. You know how when you troll XXX-rated porn sites you can accidentally trigger dozens and dozens of explicit pop-ups? That’s called a _clusterfuck_. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/10 "2003-07-22T02:30:24Z")
There are PORN sites on the web?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/11 "2003-07-22T02:39:45Z")
How about a “gig” of Web sites? ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/12 "2003-07-22T03:51:20Z")
Didn’t I read this in another forum? In any case, how about a **Google** of sites? ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190034/13 "2003-07-22T04:06:48Z")
…or maybe a **Gaggle**. Collective noun, no trademark issues.