The wonder of collective nouns....

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My MIL just asked me if I knew the collective noun for cats. I didn't, so I looked it up - and this is amazing - there are TEN known collective nouns for cats!! And they are all great....

A clowder of cats
A clutter of cats
A glaring of cats
A pounce of cats

And for housecats...

A dout of cats
A nuisance of cats

Kittens...

A kendle of cats
A kindle of cats
A litter of cats

And lastly, for feral cats...

A destruction of cats.

Who'd a thunk it???


Collective nouns are so funny sometimes - what's a favourite of yours?

I used to really love `A parliament of owls'....
 
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Originally Posted by Emma's Friend

a MURDER of CROWS
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Yes, that's a great one isn't it!!

How about this?

`A Pomposity of Professors'

 
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Originally Posted by KitEKats4Eva!

My MIL just asked me if I knew the collective noun for cats. I didn't, so I looked it up - and this is amazing - there are TEN known collective nouns for cats!! And they are all great....

A clowder of cats
A clutter of cats
A glaring of cats
A pounce of cats

And for housecats...

A dout of cats
A nuisance of cats

Kittens...

A kendle of cats
A kindle of cats
A litter of cats

And lastly, for feral cats...

A destruction of cats.

Who'd a thunk it???


Collective nouns are so funny sometimes - what's a favourite of yours?

I used to really love `A parliament of owls'....
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Oh these two are sweet....

A charm of finches

A glint of goldfish

 
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I like "a glaring of cats" because it's not just a collective noun.
 
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Originally Posted by Nebula11

a lounge of lizards.....
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HA HA!!!!!!!! love that


A bevy of beauties
A brigade of soldiers
A chorus of angels
A crowd of onlookers
 
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Isn't it? How sweet. This one is cute, too

`A romp of otters...'

I can just picture that!
 
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A kaleidoscope of butterflies

A business of flies


A walk of snails


An abomination of monks

An asylum of microsoft programmers (seriously?!)

A charm of finches

A waddle of penguins


Some of these really do make you wonder what the people were thinking, especially........

A wunch of bankers
 
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Originally Posted by Purity

A walk of snails


An abomination of monks

An asylum of microsoft programmers (seriously?!)
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aha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
They're great!


Some of these really do make you wonder what the people were thinking, especially........

A wunch of bankers
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Oh my!
Do you think the person that came up with this one was drunk?!
 
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i read somewhere that most of the collective nouns [the unusual ones] were coined in the middle ages. they even created them for animals who did not gather as a group. this is one of my faves: a leap of leopards.
 
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