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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
My wife and I were talking about the many special names for groups of animals. Off the top of my head:
Are there others I've missed? Any ideas where they originated? Some are, well, weird. |
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0pus Inner circle New Jersey 1739 Posts |
A Parliament of owls
An Exaltation of larks |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On Jul 22, 2017, 0pus wrote: Awesome! |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Courtesy of my wife:
A bubble of hippos. A raft of ducks (or other waterfowl resting on the water). |
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TomBoleware Inner circle Hattiesburg, Ms 3171 Posts |
Army of Ants.
Tom
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https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/amazekids/the-daycare-magician/ My Blog - https://boleware.blogspot.com/ |
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
A faro of card guys
A harness of dove workers A billet of mentalists A pad of close up workers A Café of magicians. Greg P.S. Some that I already like have been mentions, but a few other: A swarm of bees A venture of vultures A watch of nightingales A cackle of hyenas A memory of elephants A troop of baboons... perfect for Planet of the Apes
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Thanks Tom and Greg!
Greg: your first list was great! Wouldn't it be great if a group of penguins were known as a haberdashery? |
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
How about a tux of penguins?
Greg
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
Oh, I forgot one I heard awhile back that seemed to fit: A cauldron of bats
Greg
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts |
Isn't it a Murder of Crows?
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On Jul 22, 2017, Dannydoyle wrote: Um . . . yup: Quote: On Jul 22, 2017, S2000magician wrote: |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts |
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On Jul 23, 2017, S2000magician wrote: Ahh crap. My bad sorry. Wow I'm smart enough to repeat what is written. I guess that is a step up for me. How about a lone idiot? That is me! Nobody wants to bother to name a group of us.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts |
Ok I may have missed my 2 favorites, a troop of Apes and a congregation of Alligators.
Each amusing in their own way to me. Provided nobody wrote them already.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts |
A Congress of Useless Men? Thanks to John Adams for that one.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts |
A handful of NVMS contributors?
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
A circle of jerks?
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On Jul 23, 2017, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: :) One of the perks of my job is access to the OED. Here's some of the etymology: pride of lions: < proud adj., with alteration of the stem vowel by analogy with such pairs as Old English fyllu fill n.1 beside full full adj., lengu lengh n. beside lang long adj.1, hǣlu heal n. beside hāl hale adj., etc., which ultimately show abstract nouns with i-mutation derived from adjectives in Germanic. Compare Old Icelandic prýði (feminine noun) ornament, gallantry, bravery < prúðr (adjective; see proud adj.). covey of quail: Middle English, < Old French covée, modern French couvée brood = Italian covata < Romance type *cub-āta, lit. a hatching, < Latin cubāre, Italian covare, French couver to sit, incubate, hatch. herd of cattle: Common Germanic: Old English heord strong feminine = Old Low German *herda (Middle Low German herde), Old High German herta (Middle High German hert(e, German herde), Old Norse hjǫrð (Swedish, Danish hjord), Gothic hairda < Old Germanic *herdâ- = pre-Germanic *kerdhâ: compare Sanskrit çárdha-s troop, Old Church Slavonic črêda herd, flock. flock of sheep: Old English flocc = Old Norse flokkr (Swedish flock, Danish flok). murder of crows: Origin uncertain; probably the same word as murder n.1 (perhaps alluding to the crow's traditional association with violent death, or, as suggested in quot. 1939, to its harsh and raucous cry). I'll stop there. I'm just showing off. Of course, y'all can also access the OED. You just have to pay, and I don't. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Pounce of tigers
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Terrible Wizard Inner circle 1973 Posts |
Troop of baboons.
Shrewdness of apes Sloth of bears Paddling of ducks Busyness of ferrets Flamboyance of flamingoes Skulk of foxes Smack of jellyfish Plague of locusts Ostentation of peacocks |
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