What do you call a 'herd' of zombies anyway?

A Mirage of Zombies

A "Dirge" of zombies - as in funeral dirge.

an "Ooze" of zombies.

A "resurrection" of zombies.

Originally posted by wu kung
A Feast of zombies.

A Feast of Zombies.

Yummy, but does it capture that sense of sharklike feeding-frenzy behaviour?

A stockmarket of zombies?

How about something a little more generic. Maybe a "bunch" of zombies. They're a pretty mindless bunch anyway.

For the slow, limp-along rotters (Romero style):

Small to medium groups: A shamble of zombies.

Larger groups: A horde of zombies.

Regional infestation: A plague of zombies.



For the quick and rabid type (28 Days Later style):

Small to medium groups: A pack of zombies.

Larger groups: A frenzy of zombies. A swarm of zombies.

Regional infestation: A scourge of zombies.


But seriously, zombies piss me off. Like, you'll be walking along minding your own business and they just come right up and start grabbing at you and dropping rotten flesh all over your new shirt. It's like, learn some respect for people's personal space, will ya?! Jeez... And all zombies are the same, all they ever have to say is "braaaaaaaiiiiiinsss", over and over and frikkin OVER. Why don't they get some new material? You know, spice it up a little? What are they, brain dead? Once, just once, I'd like to hear a zombie say, "crrraaaaaanial matter", or "hyyyypothaaaalaaamussss", but no, always the same tired lines.

In order to capture the essence of a group of flesh eating zombies; I propose....

A brunch of zombies.

How about:

An erection of Zombies
An insurrection of Zombies
A plethora of Zombies
A lot of Zombies
A shtickle of Zombies
A shmear of Zombies
An assload of Zombies
A crapload of Zombies
A fortress of Zombies
A 30-pack of Zombies
A pack of Zombies (no...too boring)
A smattering of Zombies
Some Zombies
More than several Zombies
A family reunion
A deluge of Zombies
A flood of Zombies
An overkill of Zombies
A superfluity of Zombies
An agglomeration of Zombies
A bouquet of Zombies
A heap of Zombies
A shebang of Zombies
A cluster of Zombies
A throng of Zombies
A band of Zombies
A clambake of Zombies
A truckload of Zombies
A congress of Zombies
A mob of Zombies
A Mafia of Zombies
A league of Zombies
A troop of Zombies
A Rat Pack of Zombies
A snack pack of Zombies
A coterie of Zombies
A protuberance of Zombies
A tumor of Zombies
A cancer of Zombies
A lesion of Zombies
A legion of Zombies
An excrescence of Zombies
A wad of Zombies
A consortium of Zombies
A cabal of Zombies
A Masonic Lodge of Zombies
A government of Zombies
A White House of Zombies
A Vatican of Zombies
A church of Zombies
A brotherhood of Zombies
A cult of Zombies
A coagulation of Zombies
A thrombus of Zombies
A lump of Zombies
A clump of Zombies
A chunk of Zombies
An excretion of Zombies

edit to add: A buffet of Zombies



[edit on 10-11-2006 by Excitable_Boy]

Crap.

Excitable Boy's done killed this thread. We're done.

A myriad of zombies, a multitude, a multiplicity, a morass

A congregation
A priesthood
A mighy fortress

A legion, a strong turnout, an ocean, a quagmire

A commonalty - community - collection - commune

An infinitude of zombies
A space continuum of zombies
A perpetual loop of zombies
Back to back, wall to wall zombies

The ubiquitous undead.

If they're well coached and winning on a consistent basis, they're known as a TEAM.

If they lack good coaching, and are constantly struggling, they should only be referred to as a SQUAD.

Heh, a very close female friend told me a funny joke:

What do vegan zombies crave?

Grrrrraaaaaiiiiiiinnnnssssssss!

...I love that one...



Heh, "one zombie too many"....classic!





ps: I'm still sticking with a Feast.

Wake..
I was more partial to murder, as in crows..

But the more I think about wake, the more I like it.

You have a wake at a funeral.
If you are dead, and you wake, you are a zombie.

they seem to travel in waves, like the wake of a boat.

Originally posted by Musky
If they're well coached and winning on a consistent basis, they're known as a TEAM.

If they lack good coaching, and are constantly struggling, they should only be referred to as a SQUAD.

This, ladies and gents....is genius in action.

Originally posted by spacedoubt
a murder....as in crows..I like this one.

I'm with Spacedoubt on this one. A 'murder' of Zombies seems only right.

I kinda' think the title of the thread already answers the question, don't it? A 'herd' of zombies.

I like murder, wake, lesion and excretion.

How about a:

"mausoleum" of zombies, or a

"cemetary" of zombies?

Or, last but not least...a

"funeral" of zombies?

a funeral..thats a good one.

It made me think of a procession...of zombies.

LOL LOL LOL

A gaggle of gollums?

O.K a herd of zombies...
I would call a herd of zombies "a fun time with an axe"!!!

some chavs? (for the people from the uk)