We have had a discussion recently about which collective noun would apply to #datastewards (you know, like "murder of crows" or "pack of lions"). We decided for "a desperation of data stewards" on bad days and "a flamboyance of data stewards" on good days :-) #collectivenoun #datastewardship
Crashing the old wood /
came a stubbornness of grey /
and deadly rhinos
#haiku #poem #collectivenoun #rhino
The collective noun suggester is suggesting that the collective noun for misheard words is: a quiver of errors.
#CollectiveNoun #EnglishUsage
👩🔬 What's the collective noun for a group of CBMWC Marine Biologists?
a. The Pod Squad 🐬
b. The Salty Scholars 🐟
c. The Gill-more Girls 🦈
Vote for your favourite below! 📝
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#collectivenoun #atlanticgreyseal #jellyfish #bottlenosedolphin #stingray #sardine #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww
An eructation of podcast recommendations #collectivenoun
got back on the socials after a long hiatus to LIVE TWEET this via bluesky. rushing from kids end-of-prinary school ceremony last night to join the action today #AcademicParent #FrenchHistoryNerdOut #CollectiveNoun?
Walking through my local hospital earlier (for non-medical reasons), I happened to find myself walking behind several nurses who all turned out to be phlebotomists.
Any ideas for the collective noun for phlebotomists?
#spelling
#words
#collectivenoun
It is a parliament of owls isn’t it? #collectivenoun fans
There flamingos photographed from the neck up.
A flamboyance of Flamingos. :)
#canon
#photography
#wildlife
#flamingos
#collectivenoun
#flamboyance
So, how 'bout a #collectivenoun or nickname for all the #techbros, media, and assorted billionaires who have bent the knee and kissed the orange? I submit #TeamBeEvil. #billionaireshouldnotexist
Like other #narcissists, and America is amassing a parliament of the, Hegseth is a serial #gaslighter
#collectivenoun
#aparliamentofnarcissists
RFOTD (random fact of the day):
The collective noun for rhinoceroses is a crash💥💥
This information brought to you by my 10yo son.
#rhinoceros #randomfact #collectivenoun
What is your favorite #collectivenoun?
It’s hard for me to choose. I really appreciate that a group of swallows is called a gulp. But I am equally enthusiastic about a group of #pandas being called an embarrassment.
Magpies just can’t make their mind up. A triple whammy today.
A tiding of magpies
A gulp of magpies
My fave is
A conventicle of magpies.
If only they’d stop terrorising the slow worms in the garden. #CollectiveNoun #Birds
The term of venery--the collective noun--for a group of angels is commonly given as a "choir"--or "flights" per Horatio to his "sweet prince" Hamlet. To my mind, the proper term is a shriek of angels.
#termsofvenery #collectivenoun #angels
