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 ...

Wyn Drabble's research found that a group of fantails (Pīwakawaka) could be covered by a spread or a war party. But his creation is a flutter of fantails. Photo / NZME My recent bout of fun with ...

Naming collective nouns is a time-honored alliteration of bards dating back to medieval days. Their linguistic talents have bequeathed to the English language some intriguing terms, especially for ...

Variously idiosyncratic, intriguing and often unerringly apt in their descriptions of gatherings of birds, animals and people a damning of jurors, an incredulity of cuckolds — most of the collective ...

Collective nouns may seem like quirky ways to describe groups, but 500 years ago, they were your ticket to the in-crowd. Most collective nouns, or “terms of venery,” were coined during the 15th ...

You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or that a group of puppies is called a litter, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known and frankly very ...

A huge group of ladybirds has caused weather experts in San Diego, USA, to be very confused. A giant cloud appeared on the NWS weather satellite, but after a bit of investigation it turned out to be a ...