More on collective nouns

John Faine and Hilary Harper on 774 (Melbourne) this morning were asking
what the collective noun for cyclists is - they proposed (IIRC) a 'spoke', a
'peleton' and a 'cluster'. It was just an aside so they didn't take it any
further. Was reminded that someone asked here about the collective noun for
cyclists about a week or so ago.

A collective noun benefits greatly from alliteration. My proposal is a 'Sus
of cyclists' as in sustainable but I like its ambiguity.

For drivers, I propose a 'dunce', a 'drag' or a 'psychopath of drivers'

Claude wrote:
John Faine and Hilary Harper on 774 (Melbourne) this morning were asking
what the collective noun for cyclists is - they proposed (IIRC) a 'spoke', a
'peleton' and a 'cluster'. It was just an aside so they didn't take it any
further. Was reminded that someone asked here about the collective noun for
cyclists about a week or so ago.

A collective noun benefits greatly from alliteration. My proposal is a 'Sus
of cyclists' as in sustainable but I like its ambiguity.

For drivers, I propose a 'dunce', a 'drag' or a 'psychopath of drivers'



Actually, it was a collective noun for bicycles. In the end,
I decided on "quiver" to describe my collection of bikes.

For cars, there are so many choices. How about a "**** of cars",
mainly because when it's spoken it sounds like "a lot of cars".

Other possibilities that spring to mind...
A stink of cars.
A death of cars (as opposed to a dearth of bike paths)
A park of cars (usual state of freeways here in peak hour).

Back to work now...

DeF


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Claude wrote:
John Faine and Hilary Harper on 774 (Melbourne) this morning were asking
what the collective noun for cyclists is - they proposed (IIRC) a
'spoke', a 'peleton' and a 'cluster'. It was just an aside so they
didn't take it any further. Was reminded that someone asked here about
the collective noun for cyclists about a week or so ago.

A collective noun benefits greatly from alliteration. My proposal is a
'Sus of cyclists' as in sustainable but I like its ambiguity.

For drivers, I propose a 'dunce', a 'drag' or a 'psychopath of drivers'

Actually, it was a collective noun for bicycles. In the end,
I decided on "quiver" to describe my collection of bikes.

For cars, there are so many choices. How about a "**** of cars",
mainly because when it's spoken it sounds like "a lot of cars".

Other possibilities that spring to mind...
A stink of cars.
A death of cars (as opposed to a dearth of bike paths)
A park of cars (usual state of freeways here in peak hour).

Back to work now...

DeF


You could always just lump them in with crows.

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