‘An attitude of teenagers’
Collective nouns are such fun – and so collectable! Some are mundane, some superbly apt, and some simply astonishing!
It’s entertaining to try making up your own – this website has lots of suggestions for collective nouns as well as accepted ones. For example…
an attitude of teenagers
an ambush of widows
a compromise of senators
an embarrassment of parents
a pretension of intellects
a shortage of dwarves
My own inventions…
a hassle of homework
a quagmire of excuses
a suicide of cyclists
a slick of politicians
Do you have some favourites that bring a smile to your dial – either established ones or your own creations? Post them in comments and I’ll publish a list of the best ones.
Get creative!!!
Mrs Sweeney
Image : http://www.youthblog.org/archives/teenagers%20hiphop%20cartoon.jpg 17/5/08
Bravo boys – you’ve contributed some great collective nouns! So far we have…
from dweedidwee
a circuit of computers
a flash of cameras
a wave of sound
from Gilla
a round of circles
a rumble of earthquakes
a tree of books
a forest of dust
a boggle of letters
May 19th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
a circuit of computers
a flash of cameras(not sure if this works)
a wave of sounds
May 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
i think this is very informative and a good piece of writing
May 21st, 2008 at 12:03 pm
What about…
A round of circles?
A rumble of Earthquakes
A tree of books? (don’t think that works)
A forest of Dust
A boggle of Letters
August 5th, 2008 at 11:02 am
a rush of runners
a splash of swimmers
a bounce of basketballers
a set of surfers??
Olympics in 3 days, get into it!