A murder of crows. A parliament of owls. An ostentation of peacocks. A crash of rhinoceroses. A charm of hummingbirds. A congress of baboons.
One of the most fun things in the English language is collective nouns. I came upon a very comprehensive list on teh Google last night. It had lots of alternatives for some nouns. Like this, for example:
a bob of seals
a colony of seals
a crash of seals
a harem of seals
a herd of seals
a pod of seals
a rookery of seals
a spring of seals
a team of seals
So I figured, why not poke a little fun at some folks, including ourselves. So below is a fill-in-the-blank game. I'll give you a noun and you create the collective for it. I'll offer my own suggestions in the Tip Jar. As for my diary title, how about a
camaraderie of comrades instead?
So if you'd like to play the silly game, follow me below the double gnocchi. If you'd rather skip to the Good Stuff™, that's OK, too! But, first, a word from our sponsor:
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Here's the list:
____ of Republicans
____ of Teabaggers
____ of Democrats
____ of Kossacks¹
____ of Commenteers
____ of conservatives
____ of paparazzi
____ of Wall St. bankers
____ of lawyers
____ of teachers
Just add a or an and your favorite collective noun.
Feel free to answer any, all, or none of them and/or make up your own list!
¹I remembered today that this particular collective noun has Already Been Diaried by catilinus for New Day.
Image Credits:
Crows courtesy matthewwills.com
Seals courtesy www.hindustantimes.com
GOP sign courtesy thisisyourconscience.com
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TOP PHOTOS
September 6, 2013
Enjoy jotter's wonderful PictureQuilt™ below. Just click on the picture and it will magically take you to the comment that features that photo. Have fun, Kossacks!
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