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An 'effluent of politicians'.
Are we doing verbs or nouns?
I'm so confused.
A moan of camera operators.
Niche, sorry, but hilarious if you work in the industry.
Where do recognised words end and arbitrary whimsy take over? Often when talking about an actual group of creatures people revert to the boring flock, herd etc.
Bit late to this but I'm amazed no-one has mentioned
A flange of gorillas
Just ask Gerald.
Gerald was livid when heard that term, apparently it's a "whoop of gorillas"
I saw two crows stuck together the other day, I think that they were Velcros.
Collective noun for a group of Penguins ? A Packet
Gerald was livid when heard that term, apparently it’s a “whoop of gorillas”
That line has me in stitches every time. One of the all-time great comedy sketches.
"Wild?! I was absolutely livid!"
It is however a TROOP of gorillas and a congress or troop of baboons.
It's a bloat of hippos and a crash of rhinos. I'm sure my nieces had some sort of wildlife game with these terms. Can't remember the specifics but I'm sure we went through them searching for the funniest ones.