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FICTITIOUS
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
SAILORS TO SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATORS |
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SAILORS |
A KNOT
of sailors (in Port)
A MUTINY
of sailors (at sea)
J.Rietveld |
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SAINT BERNARDS |
A
SLOBBER of Saint Bernards.
Sam Overman |
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SALESMEN |
AN
IMPLAUSIBILITY
of salesmen.
Richard
Jarvis |
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SALIVA |
A SPLATTERING
of saliva.
Ezz Bish |
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SASQUATCH |
A SMAGLINSKI
of Sasquatch
A STINK
of Sasquatch
Professor
Alex J. Ivall
Additional
information provided by Prof. Ivall.
Technical
term for this group of animals is EUQUADH or (you ka duh).
This is derived from native Canadian word meaning big smell. The
Iroquois translation of a similar word , EKADA , meaning foul air. The
terms generally relate to the foul stench emitted by
the mythical beast. |
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SCHOOL
CANES |
A THWACK
of school canes.
Ezz Bish |
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SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS |
A DETENTION
of school principals.
Ken Jaffe |
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SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS |
A
SACRIFICE of school
volunteers.
Teresa |
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SCHOOLGIRLS |
A GIGGLE
of schoolgirls
Mike Austin and Simon
West |
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SCUBA
DIVERS |
A POD
of scuba divers.
Ken Jaffe |
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SEAMSTRESSES |
A STITCH
of seamstresses.
Dani Byrne |
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SEARCH
ENGINES |
A TRAWL
of search engines.
Ezz Bish |
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SHEEP |
A GAMBOL
of sheep.
Ezz Bish
A
BROTHEL of sheep.
Jordan Ballard |
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SHOES |
A TROMP
of shoes.
Teresa |
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SHOPPERS |
A SWARM
of shoppers.
Ken Jaffe |
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SHREWS |
A GOSSIP
of shrews.
Sheila Lee. |
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SIGNALMEN |
A BOX
of signalmen.
Brian Milligan |
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SINGERS |
A GARGLE
or HUM of singers.
Teresa |
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SINNERS |
A CONTRITION
of sinners.
Ken Jaffe |
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SKATEBOARDERS |
A TWIST,
GRIND, CRASH, BREAK, GROAN, RAMP
OR OLLIE of skateboarders.
Teresa |
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SKATERS |
A BLADE
of skaters.
Teresa |
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SKY
DIVERS |
A FREE-FALL
of sky divers.
Ken Jaffe |
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SLUMLORDS |
An EVICTION
of slumlords.
Ken Jaffe |
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SMART
CARS |
A
SMUG
of smart cars.
Annette
Eggleton. |
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SMOKERS |
A
WHEEZE of smokers.
Lucki
Wilder A
PACK
or GASP of smokers.
Tom Moores
and Pat Carter
A
COUGHIN
of smokers.
Linda
Compton
A
CLOUD
of smokers.
Ken Jaffe |
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SNEAKERS/TRAINERS |
A REEK
of sneakers.
Teresa |
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SOCCER
PLAYERS |
A SCORE
of soccer players.
Jinxy |
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SOCIAL
WORKERS |
A SENSITIVITY
of social workers.
Arthur B.
Dobrin |
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SOLICITORS |
A PREVARICATION
of Solicitors
Neil
Wallace Smith |
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SONAR OPERATORS |
A PING
of sonar operators.
Nick Street |
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SONG
WRITERS |
A MUSE
of song writers.
Ken Jaffe |
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SOPRANOS |
A GAGGLE
of sopranos.
Ken Jaffe |
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SPANIELS |
A WAGGLE
of spaniels..
Eain Crossen |
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SPECTROSCOPISTS |
A LINE
of spectroscopists.
Dani Byrne |
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SPELLING
ERRORS |
A
PROFUSHUN
of spelling errors.
Matt
Presson |
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SPIES |
A TREASON
or TREACHERY of spies.
Ezz Bish |
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SPRINTERS |
A FLIGHT
of sprinters.
Ken Jaffe |
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STINGRAYS |
A FEVER
of stingrays. ******
Jen Albert
& Patrick McCarthy
****** This term
has been sent in by two different people, however, they are
notoriously difficult to authenticate. I have been unable to
find any other mention of this term, hence, it being placed in the
Fictitious list, if however, anyone can find this term mentioned
elsewhere I would be delighted to hear from you so it can be
transferred to the "Collectives" page. |
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STOCK
TRADERS |
A TUMULT
of stock traders.
Ken Jaffe
An
INSCRUTABILITY of
stock traders.
David |
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STORY
TELLERS |
A FABLE
of story tellers.
Krysia
Jones |
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STUDENTS |
A MESS
of students.
Alex Oldham
A
PANDEMONIUM of students.
Diane
Campbell A
RABBLE
of students.
Kenneth
Jaffe |
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SUPPORT
ENGINEERS |
A
SLUMBER
of support engineers.
Keith
Tomlin |
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SURGEONS |
A SCRUB
of surgeons.
Ken Jaffe |
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SURVEYORS |
An ARGUMENT
or SQUABBLE of Quantity
Surveyors.
Brian
Milligan |
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SWALLOWS |
A
SUMMER of swallows. William Braquemard
A SPIT of swallows.
A GULP of swallows.
David |
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SWANS |
A ROYAL
of swans.
Don Halls
A REGATTA
of swans.
Mal Walker |
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SWIMMERS |
A STROKE
of swimmers.
A BUOYANCY
of swimmers.
Ken Jaffe |
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SYCOPHANTS |
A
TOADY of Sycophants
Mal Walker
An
AFFIRMATION of sycophants.
David |
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SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS |
A CLOUD
of sysadmins (system administrators)
Richard Grey |
