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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    other delightful nouns of assemblage:

    a bellowing of bullfinches

    a skein of ducks (applicable only when in flight)

    a brace of mallards (oddly specific to mallards and not ducks in general)

    a piteousness of doves

    a pandemonium of parrots

    a lamentation of swans (which seriously sounds like the title of a Jude Deveraux novel)

    a business of ferrets

    a convocation of eagles

    a kettle of hawks

    a skulk of foxes

    an array of hedgehogs

    a cackle of hyenas

    a smack of jellyfish

    a leap of leopards

    a murmuration of starlings

    and a partridge in a pear tree

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    What do you call a group of spiders?

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited January 2014
    Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »
    What do you call a group of spiders?

    a moving the fuck out of here
    it's actually a cluster

    Shorty on
  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    when i lived in Renton, just outside Seattle, there was a big wooded area right behind where we lived and there would be dozens and dozens of crows flying to and from the woods every evening and morning, respectively, and it was always really cool to be outside smoking or whatever and see this big cloud of cawing black shapes wheeling around overhead.

    they also seemed very playful, futzing about with each other in mid-air and what not.

    The vultures here at work are pretty playful as well. I see them all the time zooming and zipping about on updrafts and shit, then they all get cozy together on top of the reactor buildings at night. I don't know how many of them there are at any given moment, maybe about 50-100?

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  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »
    What do you call a group of spiders?

    a moving the fuck out of here
    it's actually a cluster

    Meh, that's boring.

    I'd have called it.... A suspense of spiders.

  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    a fluster of farts

    broken image link
  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    edited January 2014
    whats's a group of bugs

    I like "a bounty of bugs"

    BugBoy on
  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »
    What do you call a group of spiders?

    a moving the fuck out of here
    it's actually a cluster

    Meh, that's boring.

    I'd have called it.... A suspense of spiders.

    yeah

    most of the poetic names were given to birds

    I'm pretty sure that the majority of them were invented by an 18th century monk

    just one guy who really liked birds and decided he was going to come up with all these ludicrous nouns of assemblage for them and they've stuck just because they're so whimsical

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Mr Fuzzbutt wrote: »
    a fluster of farts

    a windage of farts

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    I like the sound of that monk.

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    BugBoy wrote: »
    whats's a group of bugs

    I like "a bounty of bugs"

    there isn't an agreed-upon term

    but if we're going to make them up (and why wouldn't we) then we should probably have two--one for if we're talking about more than one bug of the same species, and one for if there are bugs from multiple species (like fish and fishes, respectively)

    I like bounty

    I would also suggest "bevy"

    or "grip"

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Term for a lot of bugs, huh?

    I suggest an "OHHOLYSHITGETTHEMAWAYFROMME" of bugs

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    An astronomation of fireflies


    Yeah I made that word up so what.

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    A tangle of daddy long legs.

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    A friendliness of scorpions

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    Butler For Life #1 wrote: »
    Term for a lot of bugs, huh?

    I suggest an "OHHOLYSHITGETTHEMAWAYFROMME" of bugs

    I never expected this from you of all people

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    a cuddle of bees

  • calamityjamiecalamityjamie Corgi Wrangler Seattle, WARegistered User staff
    I somehow read that as "A dandle of daddy long legs"

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    BugBoy wrote: »
    Butler For Life #1 wrote: »
    Term for a lot of bugs, huh?

    I suggest an "OHHOLYSHITGETTHEMAWAYFROMME" of bugs

    I never expected this from you of all people

    I'm just kidding, bro

    you know I love bugs

    it's definitely not stockholm syndrome either, nope

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    good

    because we are in bug country and there's no turning back

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    A dandle sounds jolly!

    Guys did you know that in early spring the bombus bombus sleeps inside crocus flowers because the petals close at night and protect it from the frost? Bee facts.

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    An exacerbation of wasps


    Man I could do this all day. I wish this was my job.

  • HunteraHuntera Rude Boy Registered User regular
    BugBoy wrote: »
    good

    because we are in bug country and there's no turning back

    I thought there was no stopping, not no turning around

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    a bonanza of beetles

    a lightness of lacewings

    a rustling of walkingsticks

    a fury of fire ants

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »
    An exacerbation of wasps


    Man I could do this all day. I wish this was my job.

    right?!

    fuckin' monks, dude

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    Huntera wrote: »
    BugBoy wrote: »
    good

    because we are in bug country and there's no turning back

    I thought there was no stopping, not no turning around

    there's no anything but the pure and unadulterated love of insectkind

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    A prescription of pill bugs

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    BugBoy wrote: »
    a bonanza of beetles

    a lightness of lacewings

    a rustling of walkingsticks

    a fury of fire ants

    a labor of leafcutter ants

  • ouzaruouzaru RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    a snuggle of Japanese sparrow hornets.

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    A coup of locusts.

    Going to bed now.

  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited January 2014
    A Thingamajig of Whatsits.

    Bad-Beat on
  • HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    A slumber of bed-bugs


    PSN- AHermano
  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    A flight of flies

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    A dojo of praying mantises

    A slaughter of ladybugs

  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    A cuddle of bees is my favorite

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    did you know that one source states that the plural term for multiple autobots is an exaltation

  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Antimatter wrote: »
    did you know that one source states that the plural term for multiple autobots is an exaltation

    Is that source...


    you?

    Steam | SW-0844-0908-6004 and my Switch code
  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    JayKaos wrote: »
    Antimatter wrote: »
    did you know that one source states that the plural term for multiple autobots is an exaltation

    Is that source...


    you?
    actually, the 2009 allspark almanac quotes blackarachnia thusly:
    "...more dangerous than an exaltation of Autobots."
    but close!

  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    A cubit of Shorties.

  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    BugBoy wrote: »

    an inferno of fire ants

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