Anthropomorphic Nouns

[SNOB]

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.


We are all familiar with a

Herd of cows,

Flock of chickens,

School of fish

And a Gaggle of geese, and


A Pride of lions.


However, less widely known is:
A Murder of crows

(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),

An Exaltation of doves


And, presumably because they look so wise:
A Congress of owls.

Now consider a group of Baboons.

They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.........

And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?

Believe it or not ……. A Parliament






YEP....A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
Pretty much explains everything doesn't it?

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You just can’t make this stuff up!

[Happy]

we went through some of these a few weeks ago with some of the crew .. might leave what we came up with out though

[Darren]

A barrell of 'tah supporters...
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[Blackswan]

a confusion of managers ....

a tattle of women ......

a surfeit of accountants ...... lawyers ........ management consultants .......

and for Perth - a surfeit of Zowth Avrikans .... kiwis ......

[DinkyDi]

Its also a conspiricy of ravens

I do like a flap of nuns, a machination of monkeys, a piddle of puppies and a shitload of troubles

[normie]

A block of flats.

[fulvio sammut]

I don't wish to appear pedantic, however it should be noted that only some of the collective nouns provided as exemplive of the genre are actually anthropomorphic. Many are simply descriptive, with no amphropomorphic attributes whatsoever.

Just thought you'd like to know that...not being a smartarse or anything...

[travelling_gerry]

A thingie of banjoes?

[Happy]

a sack of sammuts

[SNOB]

An embarrassment of lawyers?

[DinkyDi]

Anthropomorphism... attribution of human qualities to nonhumans.

People attribute human qualities to toys, products, and machines, and they design toys, products, and machines to enhance this process . Our anthropomorphic perceptions and ideas influence how we interact with animals, robots, and products-- how much we like them, how much we trust them, and how much we rely on them.

Many leading scientists consider anthropomorphism to be a misleading and self-centered folk theory about animals or objects. Until 2004, the Pittsburgh Zoo did not name its animals publicly, for fear the public would think of wild animals as pets or people.

A different point of view is exemplified by Darwin, who argued that the difference between us and animals is only a matter of degree. Some biologists working with apes and chimps agree, as would people who consider their pets to be family members.

[Hansie]

Body of sharks?