More on collective nouns

[Claude]

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'

[DeF]

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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[Resound]

"DeF" > wrote in message
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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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