One for sorrow, two for joy… and three magpies can be a tiding, a charm, or a gulp. A collective noun is used to describe a group or collection of things as a whole. A collective noun that describes a ...
Most collective nouns, or "terms of venery," were coined during the 15th century. Many were codified in books of courtesy, like the 1486 classic Book of St. Albans. St. Albans was a handbook for ...
Why do we need a ‘gaggle of geese’, an ‘exaltation of larks’ or a ‘smack of jellyfish’, and who decides their group term? It turns out that the only boring thing about collective nouns is their name, ...
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