Your Collective Nouns

monster · 10-17-2019, 10:06 PM

We all love Collective Nouns and coining them. So please create and share collective nouns for.....

1) Your profession
2) One of your Hobbies
3) People who suffer from one of your ailments
4) People who do the last household chore you did
5) People who eat/drink the last thing you ingested

1a) A Barcode of Scan Coordinators
1b) An Aggravation of Parents
2) An Unfinishment of Crafters
3) A Stretch of Too-Flexible People
4) A Fold of Launderers
5) A Chug of Beer-drinkers

Clodfobble · 10-17-2019, 10:24 PM

1.) A Nitpick of Writers
2.) A Deadline of Workaholics
3.) A Shimmy of Epileptics
4.) A Scrub of Dishwashers
5.) A Bleat of Lamb-broilers

Flint · 10-17-2019, 11:07 PM

An Undefined Variable of IT people
An Unemployment Check of Drummers
An Unintentionally, Unnecessarily Obtuse Definition of people who have Aspergers
A Quiet Gathering of Rabbit-Poop Stewards
A Festively Plump Troupe of Nutella-Sandwich-on-Potato-Bread Nibblers

Griff · 10-18-2019, 06:24 AM

A stress ball of care coordinators.
A torn scrotal sack of mountain bikers.
A sorry what of the deafened.
A shock of amateur electricians.
An urgent bladder of coffee drinkers.

Gravdigr · 10-18-2019, 12:00 PM

1) A copse of tree-trimmers

2) A cloud of potheads

3) A moaning of arthritics

4) A Dawn of dishwashers

5) A clot of fried-ham-eaters

Gravdigr · 10-18-2019, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

1b) An Aggravation of Parents

I like that one!

limey · 10-18-2019, 03:55 PM

1) A dictionary of translators
2) A squeeze of concertina players
3) A wheeze of asthmatics
4) A microwave of cooks
5) A crunch of crisps (chips)

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Undertoad · 10-18-2019, 04:27 PM

Quote:

A microwave of cooks

An order of cooks

henry quirk · 10-18-2019, 06:02 PM

1) Your profession: a scrutiny of researchers

2) One of your Hobbies: a meat wagon of pulp writers

3) People who suffer from one of your ailments: a swell of pleuritics

4) People who do the last household chore you did: a whisk of sweepers

5) People who eat/drink the last thing you ingested: a jitter of coffee-drinkers

monster · 10-19-2019, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

An Unintentionally, Unnecessarily Obtuse Definition of people who have Aspergers

so Thunderboy.

monster · 10-19-2019, 09:18 PM

I offer some alternatives and related terms inspired by the above:

A Neologism of Writers
A Pebkac of IT helpline professionals
A 404 of Webmasters
A Twitter of Influencers
A Desperation of Coffee Drinkers

monster · 10-19-2019, 09:22 PM

What about

6) your pet
7) people who live in your state/country
8) The insect that annoys you the most

A Hairball of Cats
A Glub of Fish
A Mitten of Michigandans
A Whine of Brits
A Whine of Mosquitoes

tw · 10-20-2019, 11:44 AM

Collective nouns. "Collectives" are socialism as it breaks down into communism.

If Joseph McCarthy was still alive, then this thread would be banned.

fargon · 10-20-2019, 12:35 PM

tw, Bite my ass.

Gravdigr · 10-20-2019, 01:18 PM

An assholishness of TWs

10-17-2019, 10:06 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Your Collective Nouns We all love Collective Nouns and coining them. So please create and share collective nouns for..... 1) Your profession 2) One of your Hobbies 3) People who suffer from one of your ailments 4) People who do the last household chore you did 5) People who eat/drink the last thing you ingested 1a) A Barcode of Scan Coordinators 1b) An Aggravation of Parents 2) An Unfinishment of Crafters 3) A Stretch of Too-Flexible People 4) A Fold of Launderers 5) A Chug of Beer-drinkers __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-17-2019, 10:24 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	1.) A Nitpick of Writers 2.) A Deadline of Workaholics 3.) A Shimmy of Epileptics 4.) A Scrub of Dishwashers 5.) A Bleat of Lamb-broilers __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-17-2019, 11:07 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	An Undefined Variable of IT people An Unemployment Check of Drummers An Unintentionally, Unnecessarily Obtuse Definition of people who have Aspergers A Quiet Gathering of Rabbit-Poop Stewards A Festively Plump Troupe of Nutella-Sandwich-on-Potato-Bread Nibblers __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-18-2019, 06:24 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A stress ball of care coordinators. A torn scrotal sack of mountain bikers. A sorry what of the deafened. A shock of amateur electricians. An urgent bladder of coffee drinkers. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 10-18-2019 at 06:34 AM.

10-18-2019, 12:00 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	1) A copse of tree-trimmers 2) A cloud of potheads 3) A moaning of arthritics 4) A Dawn of dishwashers 5) A clot of fried-ham-eaters __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-18-2019, 03:55 PM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	1) A dictionary of translators 2) A squeeze of concertina players 3) A wheeze of asthmatics 4) A microwave of cooks 5) A crunch of crisps (chips) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-18-2019, 06:02 PM	#9
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	1) Your profession: a scrutiny of researchers 2) One of your Hobbies: a meat wagon of pulp writers 3) People who suffer from one of your ailments: a swell of pleuritics 4) People who do the last household chore you did: a whisk of sweepers 5) People who eat/drink the last thing you ingested: a jitter of coffee-drinkers __________________ like the other guy sez: 'not really back, blah-blah-blah...'

10-19-2019, 09:18 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I offer some alternatives and related terms inspired by the above: A Neologism of Writers A Pebkac of IT helpline professionals A 404 of Webmasters A Twitter of Influencers A Desperation of Coffee Drinkers __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-19-2019, 09:22 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What about 6) your pet 7) people who live in your state/country 8) The insect that annoys you the most A Hairball of Cats A Glub of Fish A Mitten of Michigandans A Whine of Brits A Whine of Mosquitoes __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2019, 11:44 AM	#13
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Collective nouns. "Collectives" are socialism as it breaks down into communism. If Joseph McCarthy was still alive, then this thread would be banned.

10-20-2019, 12:35 PM	#14
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	tw, Bite my ass. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

10-20-2019, 01:18 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	An assholishness of TWs __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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