Anthropomorphic Nouns

Got this interesting email and there is a nice political hahaha at the end. I did check it for accuracy.

There are a couple here that I did not know and maybe you won't either.



~Anthropomorphic Nouns~
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We are all familiar with a

Herd of cows,

A Flock of chickens,

A School of fish

And a Gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is:

A Pride of lions,

A Murder of crows

(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),

An Exaltation of doves

And, presumably because they look so wise:
A Parliament of owls.

Now consider a group of Baboons.
Baboons are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.
And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?


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Believe it or not... A Congress!
(Note: I hadn't heard that before, so I looked it up. It is correct)

A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!
That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !

Very fitting definition for those primates.
I didn't know about the crows either.


Thanks for the laugh!

Cloud of Bats

Swarms of Ants

Pack of Dogs

Clan of Hyenas

Pandemonium of Parrots

Crash of Rhinoceros

Nest of Scorpions

Team of Oxen

Scourge of Mosquitoes

I've always heard a group of ravens was called a conspiracy. No joke!

Originally posted by luciddream
Cloud of Bats

Swarms of Ants

Pack of Dogs

Clan of Hyenas

Pandemonium of Parrots

Crash of Rhinoceros

Nest of Scorpions

Team of Oxen

Scourge of Mosquitoes

Good ones. Scourge of mosquitoes, yup!

A murmuration of starlings. Does that count? Well, it's cool anyway.