~ Collective Nouns ~
We know that a group of birds is called a flock, and a group of kittens is a litter, so for a bit of fun, put on your creative cap and come up with some original, clever or humorous ‘collective nouns’ of your own. Don’t use the standard ones – we want you to use your imagination!
Dayna, a friend of mine on Facebook suggested this, and I thought it was a clever idea. We’ll announce the best ones in the next issue, from all of the submissions we receive. Submit as many as you like – there’s no limit.
Here are some examples to get those creative juices flowing:
- An imagination of fiction writers;
- A blaze of fire-fighters;
- A timber of lumberjacks;
- A scatter of children;
- A migraine of mothers;
- A tune-up of instruments;
- A silence of librarians;
- A temptation of sinners;
- A passion of pastors;
- A bruise of boxers;
- An aggravation of politicians;
- A pi of mathematicians;
- A polygon of geometrists;
- A squadron of wasps;
- An uncertainty of voters;
- A fire of Samsung 7s;
- A flock of tweets;
- A string of puppets;
- A butt of baboons;
- A pretentiousness of actors; and
- A trembling of seismologists
Submission date now extended to 30 April 2018. Email your suggestions on the form below or submit via email:
Have fun!