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  • Collective Nouns…….
  • rudebwoy
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    Swarm of Mamils…. or mamwls when in civvies…

    rogerthecat
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    A Scatter of ramblers

    10
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    a cock of ski instructors

    zokes
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    A mincing of trail centre warriors

    CountZero
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    rogerthecat – Member
    A Scatter of ramblers

    😆

    beinbhan
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    A thicket of managers

    rOcKeTdOg
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    an office storage of Orange 5’s

    maccruiskeen
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    A shower of ****s

    wwaswas
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    A Strava of Garmin users.

    Drac
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    A forum of trolls.

    Stoner
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    A Stasi of Mods

    Drac
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    It’s a Valhalla Stoner.

    Stoner
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    from Old Norse Valhöll “hall of the slain”

    “Slain” you say? I can work with that.

    CaptJon
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    rudebwoy – Member
    Swarm of Mamils…. or mamwls when in civvies…

    [Pedant]No need for the s, MAMIL is plural[/plural]

    wwaswas
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    A Turing Test of Horas

    deadlydarcy
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    A Beard of Cocks

    cranberry
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    A Quiet of Bans

    maccruiskeen
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    A ban of hammers

    IHN
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    [Pedant]No need for the s, MAMIL is plural[/plural]

    [pedant]MAMIL can be singular or plural, and anyway it doesn’t matter if MAMIL is used in the plural for a collective noun to apply.

    For example:

    One fish
    Two fish
    A shoal of fish

    One MAMIL
    Two MAMIL
    A swarm of MAMIL [/pedant]

    Boo-ya!

    IHN
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    A loss of TJs 🙁

    wwaswas
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    Surely it depends if MAMIL is an acronym for

    Middle Aged Men In Lycra

    or

    Middle Aged Man In Lycra

    ?

    IHN
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    It’s both, isn’t it?

    richmtb
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    a fettle of moutain bikers
    a tangle of dog walkers

    wwaswas
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    so a Rapha of MAMIL then?

    edd
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    A string of bikes.

    rudebwoy
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    A Clutter of Students

    OrmanCheep
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    A Synagogue of bad drivers 😉

    IHN
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    A nicolai of Audi drivers

    JoB
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    i always thought it was a Stretch of MAMIL

    bigyinn
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    A pillock of Jags?

    CheesybeanZ
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    a cabinet of 5s

    IHN
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    A wok of 650b riders

    piedidiformaggio
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    A Wealth of Contractors

    geoffj
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    A mince of braking bumps.

    rogerthecat
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    A Chemist of TdF winners?

    A Concussion of helmetless riders

    OrmanCheep
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    A pontification of paedophiles

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