My friend Norman shared with me some of these delightful group names for birds:
- a charm of finches
- an exaltation of larks
- a murmuration of starlings
- an ostentation of peacocks
- a pitying of turtledoves
- an unkindness of ravens
- a wisp of snipe
It seems like someone should do something similar with group names for people. Something like this:
- a bafflement of Republicans
- an embarrassment of Republicans
- an entanglement of Republicans
- an electoral of Republicans
- a morality of Republicans
Okay, so I didn't manage to diversify the groups of people like I'd planned. I'd initially considered a cistern of plumbers, a retirement of seniors, a tyranny of toddlers and a fuse of electricians. I didn't get that far. I got stuck on Republicans. I might be part of a perturbation of liberals.
