a blog of collective nouns.

i am a huge fan of words. i collect them. in fact, there are a lot of little things about the english language that i absolutely adore and hoard. for example, i collect different ways to say "vomit" and "goodbye". i'm pretty sure i'll blog some of those accumulations later.

today's caboodle is a cache of collective nouns. isn't that lovely?

for some reason, that's all i could think about today; collective nouns. you might be asking, what the grunt is a collective noun? well, i'll tell you.

collective noun: in linguistics, beautiful linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where "objects" can be people, animals, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phrase "a pride of lions", "pride" is the collective noun.

so all of you out there who detest english, let me show you just how fun it can be!
here's a list of some that i've stumbled across that have brightened my day:

an army of caterpillars.
an atlas of maps.
a brace of orthodontists.
a buttload of proctologists.
a cackle of hyenas.
a cloud of gnats.
a dropping of pigeons.
an embarrassment of riches.
a float of crocodiles.
a glitter of generals.
a hug of teddy bears.
a mask of raccoons.
a prattle of parrots.
a souffle of clouds.
a wisdom of owls.


the list could go on forever!!!

boredom buster of the day: google "collective nouns" and start a collection of your favorites by writing them down. a lot of my list came from http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/.

or, an even better boredom buster: make up your own! and share them with me!!

here's a short list of the ones i've made up:

a briefcase of lawyers.
a giggle of girls.
a compact of valley girls.
a party of rockstars.
a tackle of football players.
an injury of boys. (this and the previous are actually interchangeable)
a gossip of old women.
a wrinkle of old folks.
a pocket-protector of nerds.
a swimsuit of sand.
an ammon of arms.
a pimple of teenagers.
a slice of emos.
a chunk of athletes.
a puzzle of preteens.


et cetera.

so party on! and please share. :)