I'm a gnu. What's so hard to believe about that?
We know that a group of wolves is called a pack and a group of cows is a herd. When crows flock together they’re called a murder and a rhino gathering is a crash. There are rafters of turkeys, clutters of spiders and (implausible as it may sound) implausibilities of gnus.
Not all groups of people have specific labels, but I think that they should.
My suggestions:
- A loophole of lawyers.
- A bombast of politicians.
- An inflammation of prostitutes.
- A pickle of douchebags.
- A pucker of sycophants. (also works for assholes)
- A shuffle of zombies. (you saw that one coming, didn’t you?)
- An indifference of teenagers.
- A desperation of reality show contestants.
- A magazine of postal workers. (this works on two levels as they deliver them and reload with them)
- A bindle of hobos.
- An unnameable creeping blackness that stalks my soul through the daily fresh hell that is my existence of insurance agents. (this one may only apply to me)
Add your own in the comments. Go on! Do eeet!
My favorite is the migraine of idiots. 2nd is the creeping blackness of insurance agents. Well said.
Having been an insurance agent for over 10 years, I thought that one was quite accurate.
Thanks!
I have been an insurance agent for almost 24 years this November. Today I am an Insurance Counselor. It may not sound like there is much difference between the 2 but there is. I tend to agree with you. I wanted to let you know that I have linked to this article from my post next Thursday on how to pick a good insurance agent.
I shouldn’t complain. It’s a good, stable job that pays me well. I would just rather write blog posts all day.
Thanks for the (future) link! I’ll be sure to check it out when I get the ping-back.
I think more properly it is a Shamble of Zombies, but I’ve seen both uses.
I went back and forth between Shamble and Shuffle. I also considered “Moan” but thought it was too obvious.
A pickle of douchebags. Well said, my dear. Well said.
You have to appreciate subtleties to get that one.
You had me at “migraine of idiots.” ROFL!
Thank you! But, I hope that you still read the rest of the post.
I’d personally go with a shotgun of hobos.
But hey…I like Rutger Hauer, so…
Wait. How did I miss that movie?! If I’d been educated on the existence of “Hobo with a Shotgun” I would have totally used your suggestion. Brilliant.
An inkwell of writers!
Yay! Thank you for playing along, Michael!
a pocket protector of bloggers
a tampon of The View fans
a rehab of celebutards
Ha! Those are all awesome, but I love it for “celebutards” alone.
The butt jokes get me every.single. time. Pucker! Haha!
I’d say a Crap Ton of Babies or a Tangle of Weaves (most appropriate when strolling through the beauty supply aisle of Wal-Mart).
Gotta love a good butt joke!
A Tangle of Weaves is also appropriate during urban girl-on-girl fights either in prison or in high school (of which I was a witness to on many occasions. High school that is. Not prison.)
Concerning your collective noun for teenagers: Whatever. I’m bored. This is stupid. Sigh. (Rolls eyes.)
Be grateful you have a computer, young man! In my day we had to . . .
Todd is so emo
A fluster-cluck of Kardashians?
Ha! That’s a winner, for sure!
I love this! How about an irony of hipsters?
Ooh! That’s a good one!
Thanks for the laugh Amy!
You are very welcome!
too cute! You are so creative and funny!
Aw! Thanks, Melissa!
A [gesticulates wildly] of mimes.
Beautiful!
I wracked my brain trying to come up with a few clever ones, but I could only think of:
a tantrum of two-year-olds
disappointing, I know…
That’s a good one!
A cruller of cops?
PS…26 years, not one doughnut at work….ever.
A wallet of pickpockets. A ton of calories and splatter of painters.
I knew you’d be good at this!
Of course and I can’t think of anything else. A wiggle of worms.
“a rhino gathering is a crash”—That’s awesome!
I like a pickle of douchebags. Both words are just so much fun.
There are so many crazy names for groups of animals. The rhino one is one of my faves.
It took me a while to come up with “pickle”!
I love all of these. My favorite is “indifference of teenagers”. It makes so much sense that I’m going to start saying it and I expect it to catch on in no time at all.
Being twice FP’d, I am aware of how vast your sphere of influence is. I expect it to catch on in no time now as well!
An applause of actors.
Ha! You really are addicted to these, aren’t you?
A mullet of red necks.
A slither of used car salesmen.
A skank of whores.
Awesome! I think a whore of skanks would work as well.
A scalpel of surgeons.
A bed of gardeners.
A putter of golfers.
A keg of winos.
I caaaaaannnnn’t stop!
It does become addicting! You start to see the word in catagories you created.
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