Evolution of Collective Nouns how Language Shapes our Understanding

Collective nouns refer to terms used to define a group of people, animals, or things. They provide convenient language constructs for referring to multiple enti

All Collective Nouns
Fine and noisy murder of crows outside the bunkhouse as I walk down #Aberystwyth campus this morning #collectivenouns

Fun fact: a group of Crows is called a 'Murder' but a Group of Ravens is called an 'Unkindness' or a 'Conspiracy.'

#Crows #Ravens #Nouns #CollectiveNouns

A Hubris of Melon Husks #collectivenouns

@bazkie @BlippyTheWonderSlug

Found out last night it is also the collective noun for porcupines

#CollectiveNouns

A cord of logfiles #collectiveNouns

The collective noun for a group of ladybirds is a loveliness.

#languagenerd #collectivenouns #ladybirds #thingstobehappyabout

They also look great hanging from a bulldog clip or clothespin. They’re designed so you can have a mini-print to save afterwards and simply crop off the month at the bottom.

#postcardCalendar #linocut #printmaking #termsOfVenery #animalArt #sciart #collectiveNouns

HTML.energy day wooo!

I went to the Portland event hosted by https://the-sudo.net.

The site I slapped together is a random collective noun generator - lots of people contributed nouns at the event - I think we as a group were called an "unordered list".

https://nouns.website

It might be a little bird heavy because I obsess over birds. If there are collective nouns I missed throw them in the comments of this thread - I'll add them if they fit.

It was also nice to meet some recurse center folks in person and see some XOXO people again.

#htmlday2025 #htmlday #html #collectiveNouns #recurseCenter #thesudo

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The collective noun for a group of #Nicole the #FediverseChick s is “a chicanery”.

#CollectiveNouns