A while ago, I wrote about group descriptors in the animal world. Words like a murder of crows and a pride of lions.
I also proposed a few of my own, which I did not like very much at the time but have grown rather fond of in the warm glow of hindsight. They include:
A gamble of poker players
A concern of mothers
A fumble of left-handers
Not bad, I must say.
Recently, I became aware of a group descriptor that I adore:
An unkindness of ravens, also sometimes referred to as a...
Published on October 17, 2009 03:43