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Funnyf Collective NounsA look at words for collection of things with humorThere seems to be a collective noun for just about any group—like a pride of lions, a ream of paper, a stand of trees, or a stack of bibles. Some are oddly named and imply no quantity—like “a murder of crows.” Wouldn’t it be more logically to call such a group “a crowd of crows?” Here are some other collective nouns that would make sense. | |
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A barrel of guns A battery of flashlights A body of morticians A bowl of football games A box of prize fighters A bundle of babies A carload of clowns A case of lawyers A cast of fishermen A closet of acrophobics A collection of churches A company of chaperones A complex of psychoanalysts A crowd of crows A cup of trophies A dash of sprinters A deck of cardinals A deck of sailors A division of mathematicians A drove of old cars A fleet of runners A flush of toilets A glut of doughnuts A gross of pornographers A hamper of helpers A handful of palmists A hill of beans A host of emcees A jar of Quakers A kettle of drums A list of ships A litter of slobs A loaf of bums A lot of car dealers A mass of priests A measure of rulers A mess of army cooks |
A mound of baseball pitchers A number of counts A pack of suitcases A pan of sightseers A party of fraternity men A peck of chickens A pile of carpets A pinch of pickpockets A plethora of pedantries A plot of conspirators A pot of poker players A pound of hammers A purse of kisses A quota of sayings A raft of swimmers A range of stoves A rash of dermatologists A ream of bureaucrats A round of wheels A run of cowards A run of noses A rush of fraternity men A sack of quarterbacks A sack of vandals A school of teachers A score of musicians A sea of bishops A shower of meteorologists A slew of murderers A slug of fists A spray of cats A stack of librarians A string of violins A sweep of brooms A trunk of elephants A volume of speakers A wealth of millionaires |