collective nouns (Something I like)

Collective nouns are all those special words that we use for groups of specific things.  These include everything from a murder of crows to a load of laundry.  I like these because they basically make the english language much more complicated, but also more poetic and wondrous.

Some of them are easy to forget as special, a deck of cards, a fleet of ships, and a forest of trees are so common that you can forget about them.   A murder of crows, a pride of lions, and a gaggle of geese are more recognizable.

There’s some controversy whether a murder of crows was really ever used or if it was just invented placed into the language.  Part of the magic of collective nouns in the english language is that there is some leeway on what you can just invent, as long it makes sense in some way.

So, i’m going to invent a few of my own, feel free to add your own.

A disaster of politicians

A lyric of poets

A triumph of awards