Collective Nouns
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to add to this list I found on the Internet for two things. A _______of Editors and A________of Agents.
Put your answers in the comments and have fun!
1. Business of Ferrets
2. Labor of Moles
3. Mustering of Storks
4. Shrewdness of Apes
5. Gam of Whales
6. Smack of Jellyfish
7. Host of Angels
8. Fusillade of Bullets
9. Baptism of Fire
10. Quiver of Arrows
11. Tissue of lies
12. Murder of Crows
13. Unkindness of Ravens
14. Dule of Doves
15. Clowder, Cluster, or Clutter of Cats
16. Kindle of Kittens
17. Mute of Hounds
18. Pass of Asses
19. Ostentation of Peacocks
20. Team of Ducks (when flying)
21. Paddling of Ducks (when on water)
22. Trip of Goats
23. Sloth, or Sleuth, of Bears
24. Charm of Finches
25. Hill of Beans
26. String of Ponies
27. Hand of Bananas
28. College of Cardinals
29. Shock of Corn
30. Band of Men
31. Knot of Toads
32. Wedge of Swans (when flying)
33. Parliament of Owls
34. Superfluity of Nuns
35. Abominable Sight of Monks
36. Untruth of Summoners
37. Doctrine of Doctors
38. Damning of Jurors
39. Sentence of Judges
40. Rascal of Boys
41. Gaggle of Women
42. Gaggle of Gossips
43. Impatience of Wives
44. Tabernacle of Bakers
45. Poverty of Pipers
46. Fighting of Beggars
47. Neverthriving of Jugglers
48. Herd of Harlots
49. Worship of Writers
50. Hastiness of Cooks
This could be dangerous, but here goes:
A slam of editors and a groan of agents.
Ron, That’s just awesome. How about:
A strangle of editors.
So far, the words I’ve come up with for agents, don’t beat yours, so I’ll leave it there.
A Rewrite of Editors and a Pitch of Agents
Steve, you missed my favorite: A murmur of starlings.
That’s when you see them cloud the sky in moving clouds. Sometimes called a murmuring of starlings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNqhi2ka9k starts at about 30 seconds in, and gets amazing.
Hi Steve, we met recently at the AWSA Banquet in my home town, St. Louis. I love that you love to have fun with words, and that you have quoted from one of my *favorite* books–An Exulation of Larks. I’ve used it when writing (especially poetry). Ok…..I asked my husband, and he said, “An excruciation of editors!” I’m sure he thinks this is how I feel when he carves up my work (or frankly, when he gets stuck doing so)! Knowing you are generating this discussion, I’d opt for stealing the larks’ designation and say “an exultation of editors,” or maybe an “eloquence of editors.” I’m still mulling over agents, because I’ve never had one. Thank you for this terrific blog; and BTW, Miss Tamela generated a great discussion yesterday. I’m grateful for her.
Blessings,
Lynn (and most people are glad there is no “plural” of me! I’m enough to handle; thank you very much!)
Oh and might I add two little pet plurals I’ve devised?
A wee bit of urologists
A parcel of postmen!!
L.
How about a SCRIBBLE of Editors, a QUERY of agents…and for a bonus word–a FOLD of publishers.
A boatload of editors and a dying breed of agents.
Ouch!
An empire of editors; an anthology of agents. Or (not alliterative, but perhaps more positive) an acquisition of editors and a garnering of agents.
I submit: A convocation (what a group of eagles is actually called) of Editors and a clutch (a collection of birds’ eggs) of Agents.
I hope the “eagles” (especially those in the Christian publishing industry) are blessed with sharp vision and reach for the heights under the protection of His wings; and the “clutch” of agents grow strong in the encouragement and success of their clients.