All Sorts is a clever website that provides a “collection of collective nouns that may or may not have found their way into the Oxford English Dictionary. If you think that a charismatic collective is far superior to a dullard ‘bunch’ or ‘flock’ then this is the place for you.”
Some of my favorites from the site include:
- a block of writers
- a knot of string theorists
- a sneer of critics
- a clot of vampires
- a pontification of priests
- a convention of nonconformists
- a tautology of tautologists
- a conspiracy of theorists
A handful of them, such a hush of librarians , are illustrated:
And a round of robins :
Here’s a list of all the nouns used on the site. Have an example of a creative collective noun? Leave it in the comments section and, if you’re on Twitter, send it to All Sorts by adding the hashtag #collectivenouns.
(Via: Kottke )
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