28 September 2010

11 new collective nouns

A collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects. For example, in the phrase ‘a pride of lions’, pride is the collective noun.

Here are some that I reckon should be added to the official list:
  1. An ambush of salespeople.
  2. A gush of sycophants.
  3. A hatchet of restructures.
  4. A huff of exes.
  5. A google of geeks.
  6. A lechery of priests.
  7. An absence of waiters.
  8. A flounce of teenagers.
  9. A nag of inlaws.
  10. An ulcer of deadlines.
  11. An excess of bloggers.
Do you have any to add?

3 comments:

  1. A drawer of MY socks

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks, BWS. I think we're over the sock saga. Perhaps you could find something else to comment about?

    ReplyDelete
  3. Collective nouns are names for a collection or a number of people or things. Thank you for sharing these 11 new collective nouns wit us.
    Letter of Recommendation 

    ReplyDelete