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		dllthomas on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The beautiful dissociation of the Japanese languag... > I forget the term, but those silly terms like "pride of lions" or "murder of crows" Collective nouns.

jcranmer on April 23, 2024 [–]

Actually, from the Wikipedia article, it's specifically the "terms of venery"

tptacek on April 24, 2024 | [–]

Speaking of erudite wankfests! :)

dllthomas on April 24, 2024 | | [–]

Tangentially, I once saw a list that gave "wunch" as a collective noun for bankers.

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