Most collective nouns, or "terms of venery," were coined during the 15th century. ... 50. Hastiness of Cooks. According to Lipton, the terms above "are authentic and authoritative.

The 50 oddest names for groups of animals. ... Find the oddest of these collective nouns in the slides below: A shrewdness of apes. Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park in Uganda.

Collective nouns are singular in form, “a team,” but refer to a group of two or more people or things. In other words, they’re singular and plural at the same time.

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 ...

Being in a band is cool. A band is a collection of musicians and is therefore one of the most commonly used collective nouns in the English language. No one was a 4.5 star in this one. 4 Stars: Posse.

ITworld.com – I recommend The Collective Nouns page[1] to anyone with 5 minutes to burn on something diversionary today. It is a mixed bag of suggested collective nouns. Some excellent, some ...

Collective nouns may seem like quirky ways to describe groups, but 500 years ago, they were your ticket to the in-crowd. ... 50. Hastiness of Cooks. According to Lipton, ...

Gonna go ahead and rate some players based on collective nouns. Oh yeah, the reason I’m doing this is because of the NC State Wolfpack, their mascot being a pretty sweet collective noun.