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Boris Badinov

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mhardy6647

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They are some what annoying but mostly entertaining.. A business of collective nouns.

Here is a nice video on them:


And here is a list from that video:

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There's a book! Indeed, there are probably several -- although I guess I don't know the collective term for a number of books, come to think of it. ;)
This is the one we have.
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I've coined a few - I reckon most of us have.
E.g., I've suggested that rather than the abstruse* term clowder, a group of cats be referred to as a paucity** of cats.

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* see what I did there? :cool::facepalm:
** It's a bad homophonic pun, you see... :p:facepalm:
 
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IAtaman

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It's fun to make up one's own collective names.

Here's one that just popped into my mind, e.g.,
a miasma of hypochondriacs
Agree. Many "modern" things don't have a proper collective name.

Like a flood of transistors, or an audition of DACs.

I think a book should be written on this topic.

PS. How about a malady of hypochondriacs.
 
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