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dmention7@midwest.social · 13 pts · 110d

I can't believe they skipped "a business of ferrets"!

Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 110d (3 replies)

🤔 who decides on what word to use?

recentSlinky@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 110d (2 replies)

Humans, mostly

homes@piefed.world · 11 pts · 110d

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 110d

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 110d (1 reply)

the world coming apart and on fire

Merriam-Webster: “Would you like some cute collective names in these trying times?”

drbluefall@toast.ooo · 5 pts · 110d

Sometimes you need a little whimsy to get through the dark days.

squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 7 pts · 109d

a federation of lemmings

hOrni@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 110d

A complaint o Karens.

yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 110d

A flamboyant of flamingoes!

lettruthout@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 110d

This is fun! They’re called nouns of multitude. This book has even more…

https://reslater.blogspot.com/2013/01/review-exaltation-of-larks-by-james.html?m=1

DupaCycki@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 109d

Some people will read this and still claim English is a real language.

JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 3 pts · 110d

I wonder how the dude who named it an ambush of tigers survived the ambush and got back to the village?

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 109d

Apparently there isn't a collective noun for capybara.

I go for 'a chillness'

SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 109d

A fistful of dollars

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 109d

A mischief of rats

HotDog7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 110d

A crash of rhinos

tastetheplague@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 109d

A business of ferrets.

missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 110d

a mischief of rats

razzazzika@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 110d

An Unkindness of Ravens

Khaliso@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 109d

What is a group of seniors on e-bikes called? A gang?

Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 109d
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Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 110d

A bonfire of dragons.