It is cool isn’t it? Don’t know if you’re just referring to the Ruth Rendell book, but the the terms for groups of birds as a whole are so whimsical. Some of my other favourites are: an exhaltation of larks, a parliment of owls, a charm of finches, a murder of crows, and a convocation of eagles.
The only reason I know/remember them is because a friend and I were trying to come up with terms for groups of sexual organs a couple of years ago, can’t remember why now, but we came up with– a panel of penises, a blister pack of breasts, a triumph of vaginas, and a cosset of asses. damn we had fun that day. Think we laughed ourselves sick. lol.
I just plain love Ruth Rendell. Don’t care if one of her titles is Weirdly Named Groups of Animals, with a Shifter and His Soulmate Thrown in for Good Measure. (Oh, that woman has a wonderfully perverse imagination! Good insights into human nature, too.)
vanessa jaye
July 20
2:17 pm
It is cool isn’t it? Don’t know if you’re just referring to the Ruth Rendell book, but the the terms for groups of birds as a whole are so whimsical. Some of my other favourites are: an exhaltation of larks, a parliment of owls, a charm of finches, a murder of crows, and a convocation of eagles.
The only reason I know/remember them is because a friend and I were trying to come up with terms for groups of sexual organs a couple of years ago, can’t remember why now, but we came up with– a panel of penises, a blister pack of breasts, a triumph of vaginas, and a cosset of asses. damn we had fun that day. Think we laughed ourselves sick. lol.
katiebabs
July 20
4:45 pm
said the Raven, “Nevermore!” 😛
Tuscan Capo
July 20
7:20 pm
“Panel of penises” For shame, ladies 😉
A crib of clits?
K. Z. Snow
July 21
2:56 am
I just plain love Ruth Rendell. Don’t care if one of her titles is Weirdly Named Groups of Animals, with a Shifter and His Soulmate Thrown in for Good Measure. (Oh, that woman has a wonderfully perverse imagination! Good insights into human nature, too.)
MoJo
July 21
5:24 pm
I used the term “committee of vultures” in mine and it makes me smile every time I read it.
List of Animal Names
heather (errantdreams)
July 21
6:12 pm
‘Unkindness of ravens’ and ‘murder of crows’ are two of my all-time favorite terms for groups of animals!
Tuscan Capo
July 22
4:57 am
Hm, how about when it comes to the people with the most power and generally least ethics? Maybe a cowpaddy of politicians?
Just a thought 🙂
Bernita
July 22
7:08 pm
My working title is “A Malignity of Ghosts.”
vanessa jaye
July 25
4:30 am
A smegma of terrorists? 😛
Bernita, I like that title, hope you keep it.