This contest is shamelessly stolen from the guys at Car Talk. A few years ago they pointed out that a lot of things have interesting terms for a group -- a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, and so on -- and had a contest for new, creative names for groups of things. The winners included a huevos of Rancheros, a shrug of mechanics, a sleaze of lawyers, a shortage of jockeys, a lot of car dealers, and so on. I'll also toss my contribution of a basement of losers on to the pile.
So come up with your own collective term and post them in the comments section. Winners oughta be announced Thursday.
J.
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A press of journalists.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Kirby | March 8, 2005 11:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A press of journalists.
1. Posted by Kirby | March 8, 2005 11:04 AM |
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2. Posted by Frank Martin | March 8, 2005 11:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A smegma of Socialists.
2. Posted by Frank Martin | March 8, 2005 11:09 AM |
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3. Posted by McGehee | March 8, 2005 11:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A stench of trolls.
3. Posted by McGehee | March 8, 2005 11:12 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:12
4. Posted by Eric | March 8, 2005 11:14 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A squeal of teenage girls.
A slouch of teenage boys.
4. Posted by Eric | March 8, 2005 11:14 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:14
5. Posted by Timmer | March 8, 2005 11:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A whiff of bloggers.
5. Posted by Timmer | March 8, 2005 11:20 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:20
6. Posted by Timmer | March 8, 2005 11:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A couch of bloggers.
A kitchen of bloggers.
A basement of bloggers.
A bedroom of bloggers.
...someone stop me please...
An attitude of bloggers.
A current of bloggers.
A direction of bloggers.
6. Posted by Timmer | March 8, 2005 11:22 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:22
7. Posted by Drew | March 8, 2005 11:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A gig of programmers
A babble of bloggers
7. Posted by Drew | March 8, 2005 11:27 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:27
8. Posted by bullwinkle | March 8, 2005 11:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A crack of plumbers.
8. Posted by bullwinkle | March 8, 2005 11:27 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:27
9. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | March 8, 2005 11:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An array of programmers
A number of mathematicians
A cluster of astronomers
A mix of chemists
A string of seamstresses
A wealth of kings
An aggregate of accountants
A pool of gamblers
A whale of fishermen
A pile of garbagemen
A trunk of movers
A galaxy of moonbats
Is this a quest of quantity over quality? This could go on forever...
9. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | March 8, 2005 11:30 AM |
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10. Posted by bullwinkle | March 8, 2005 11:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A limousine of liberals.
10. Posted by bullwinkle | March 8, 2005 11:32 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:32
11. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 11:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A collection of priests...
A meme of Democrats...
A pajama of bloggers...
A byte of programmers...
11. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 11:34 AM |
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12. Posted by lunacy | March 8, 2005 11:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A jammy of bloggers
12. Posted by lunacy | March 8, 2005 11:35 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:35
13. Posted by nate | March 8, 2005 11:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
a google of researchers
13. Posted by nate | March 8, 2005 11:35 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:35
14. Posted by Brian | March 8, 2005 11:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A muddle of engineers
14. Posted by Brian | March 8, 2005 11:37 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:37
15. Posted by jmaster | March 8, 2005 11:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A stench of French.
15. Posted by jmaster | March 8, 2005 11:38 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:38
16. Posted by jmaster | March 8, 2005 11:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A ton of Oliver Willis.
Yes, that's singular. (and yes, that's a cheap shot.)
16. Posted by jmaster | March 8, 2005 11:42 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:42
17. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 11:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A pile of Michael Moore...
17. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 11:45 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:45
18. Posted by Ranten N. Raven | March 8, 2005 11:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Better run Mr. Rather -- it's a SWARM of bloggers!
18. Posted by Ranten N. Raven | March 8, 2005 11:46 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:46
19. Posted by Rick13 | March 8, 2005 11:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A Short-Bus of Liberals.
19. Posted by Rick13 | March 8, 2005 11:46 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:46
20. Posted by Ray Midge | March 8, 2005 11:51 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An crescent of moonbats.
20. Posted by Ray Midge | March 8, 2005 11:51 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:51
21. Posted by Ray Midge | March 8, 2005 11:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sorry. A crescent of moonbats.
21. Posted by Ray Midge | March 8, 2005 11:53 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:53
22. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 11:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Tough competition!
A chevy of Mexicans.
A deli of Jews.
A handful of Onan.
22. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 11:55 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 11:55
23. Posted by jd watson | March 8, 2005 12:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A slime of politicians.
23. Posted by jd watson | March 8, 2005 12:00 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:00
24. Posted by Chevy | March 8, 2005 12:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A Gannon of MSM journalists
24. Posted by Chevy | March 8, 2005 12:01 PM |
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25. Posted by Larry | March 8, 2005 12:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A belfry of moonbats
25. Posted by Larry | March 8, 2005 12:02 PM |
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26. Posted by Doug Stewart | March 8, 2005 12:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Collectives of geese are called different things based upon what they are doing: "flock" in general, "skein" in flight, "gaggle" when earthbound, etc.
I hereby suggest a similar naming scheme for engineers (feel free to add to the list):
* When discussing tech specs of cars, computers or anything technical, they become a geeking of engineers.
* When quoting The Simpsons or Monty Python, they become a snort.
* When discussing their current management, they become a carping.
26. Posted by Doug Stewart | March 8, 2005 12:08 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:08
27. Posted by KBiel | March 8, 2005 12:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A congress of liars.
27. Posted by KBiel | March 8, 2005 12:17 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:17
28. Posted by Ray Midge | March 8, 2005 12:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A tax of liberals.
28. Posted by Ray Midge | March 8, 2005 12:18 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:18
29. Posted by bullwinkle | March 8, 2005 12:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A Kos of morons.
29. Posted by bullwinkle | March 8, 2005 12:19 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:19
30. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | March 8, 2005 12:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
In the spirit of politics and Doug Stewart's addendum:
A quandry of Democrats (before election)
A cheat of Democrats (during election)
A mess of Democrats (after election loss)
A fleece of Democrats (after election win); a currently rare sighting
A flip of Kerrys (clan of Kerrys before voting)
A flop of Kerrys (clan of Kerrys after voting)
30. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | March 8, 2005 12:22 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:22
31. Posted by spacemonkey | March 8, 2005 12:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
a felony of rappers
an arrogance of Massachusets liberals
a congress of circuit judges
a [bleep] of censors
31. Posted by spacemonkey | March 8, 2005 12:22 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:22
32. Posted by JaySwash | March 8, 2005 12:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A welfare of hockey players
32. Posted by JaySwash | March 8, 2005 12:26 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:26
33. Posted by DJ | March 8, 2005 12:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
a plan of engineers
a scat of politicians
a scum of politicians
a hypocrisy of liberals
a kennedy of democrats
a pelosi of democrats
33. Posted by DJ | March 8, 2005 12:27 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:27
34. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 12:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A kerry of waffles...
34. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 12:29 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:29
35. Posted by Hoodlumman | March 8, 2005 12:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thank you spacemonkey...
A lifeguard of Massachusetts liberals
A pastry of police
A hero of troops
A wizbang of good entries [for this contest]
35. Posted by Hoodlumman | March 8, 2005 12:29 PM |
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36. Posted by Jorge Curioso | March 8, 2005 12:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Excellent, Doug!
When procrastinating before actually sitting down to write code, a slack of engineers
36. Posted by Jorge Curioso | March 8, 2005 12:29 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:29
37. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 12:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A TANG of forgeries...
37. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 12:30 PM |
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38. Posted by arb | March 8, 2005 12:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A favorite from Ed McBain - "A snatch of hookers."
38. Posted by arb | March 8, 2005 12:31 PM |
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39. Posted by ExRat | March 8, 2005 12:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A condescension of liberals.
A noise of protesters.
A drone of professors.
A compass of explorers.
A blast of terrorists.
39. Posted by ExRat | March 8, 2005 12:33 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:33
40. Posted by McGehee | March 8, 2005 12:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A Denny's of cops.
An unraveling of comment threads.
A NASCAR of Atlanta drivers.
A muttering of conspiracy theorists.
A mothership of wackos.
A yawn of televised award shows.
40. Posted by McGehee | March 8, 2005 12:33 PM |
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41. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 12:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A swiftboat load of magic hats...
A splatter of suicide bombers...
41. Posted by Faith+1 | March 8, 2005 12:35 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:35
42. Posted by Laurence Simon | March 8, 2005 12:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)