I've always been fascinated with language; when I was a kid, I used to read William Safire's On Language column in the New York Times magazine. Recently, Salon asked readers to submit their ideas for modern collective nouns; in addition to the one cited in the headline here, a few others caught my eye (the full list is here)...
- a smug of Priuses
- a brace of orthondontists
- a coil of electricians
- a fuss of toddlers
- a giggle of tweens
- a knot of sailors
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