Collective nouns

[Paddy's mum]

Youngest daughter and I were chatting this morning, when a little posse of local children passed by. She wondered what the collective noun would be and suggested a 'giggle of girls'. I then suggested a 'bash of boys'. This caught our imagination and off we went. Here are a few of our ideas -

a chaos of kids

a chatter of children

a sulk of teenagers

an exhaustion of young mothers

I'm quite sure ishers can add to that list in very short order!

[Dendrobium]

An Asbo of hoodies???????

[funkypixie]

A grumble of grannies?

A byte of laptops? (tenuous...)

A scald of cooks?

Anna x

[Thomzo]

A pint of students (male)?

An alcopop of students (female)?

A ledger of accountants?

A bucketful of cleaners?

[Karen_Grace]

A mug of potters

A whimple of nuns

[glenniedragon]

A mulch of allotmenteers
A clot of haematologists

kind thoughts
Deb

[Karen_Grace]

He He

Thats about right!

I used to be a haemotologist!

[Milims]

We had a similar thing on site one day and came up with:

A brew-up of builders

A sweep of labourers

A hod of brickies

A puddle of plumbers

A flash of sparkies

A bag of chippies

A stand of surveyors

A muddle of managers!!

[Paddy's mum]

Great stuff - keep them coming!

How about a rhinocerous of lawyers
(Thick skinned and charge at the drop of a hat)

(Told to us by our own solicitor!!!)

[Tay]

A cauldron of cooks
A parcel of postmen
A thicket of idiots
A ream of writers
A number of mathematicians
A hangout of nudists
A clutch of mechanics
A band of singers
A dozen bakers
A wunch of bankers

[Thomzo]

A landfill of carrier bags

A cows nest of milk bottles

A reservoir of water butts.

[red]

a body of funeral directors

[glenniedragon]

A confusion of management/ a dither of management
A stench of Microbiologists
A pipette of biochemists
An overdose of Pharmacists
A scan of Radiographers
A conflagration of fire fighters
A register of teachers


kind thoughts
Deb