Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Say the word “collective” to people of a certain age, and for many it will bring to mind the Soviet Union, Communist China ...
Some years ago, I wrote in these columns a piece on collective nouns in the English language, sharing less-known ones and suggesting some new ones. A couple of discerning readers told me they enjoyed ...
Collective nouns are most frequently used in the animal kingdom: A pride of lions. A murder of crows. A shrewdness of apes. A sounder of boars. A rabble of butterflies. A drunkship of cobblers. A ...
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