Collectives

[wolfkit]

capnoblivious was making an observation about his lack of roos when a question was asked about the correct collective noun. Deciding to experiment with Wikepedia I found the site had lists of fun collectives!

A fun list indeed but did you know that fairies [of the winged nature] have the unimaginative collective of 'herd'? Boring!

Comments

[capnoblivious]

Should be "flock" of fairies, surely?

[wolfkit]

Or a 'fluttering' or a 'fantasy' or anything less banal than 'herd'!

[capnoblivious]

Well, banal I can cope with, but "herd" is for ruminants.

[wolfkit]

But they use it for whales and walruses as well.

A 'flibbertigibbet' of faeries?