Anthropomorphic Nouns

By Uncle Rick October 26, 2012 | 3,071 Views

 

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.
 
We are all familiar with a
 
 
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Herd of cows,
 
 
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a Flock of chickens,
 
 
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a School of fish
 
 
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and a Gaggle of geese.
 
 
 
 
 
 
However, less widely known is:
 
 
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a Pride of lions,
 
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a Murder of crows
 
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(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),
 
 
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an Exaltation of doves.
 
And, presumably because they look so wise:
 
 
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a Parliament of owls.
 
 
Now consider a group of Baboons.
They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.
And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?
 
 
 
Believe it or not ……. a Congress!
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A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!
 
I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !
 
You just can’t make this stuff up.
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  • I think you owe baboons an apology.
  • http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baboon: Traditionally, the specific collective noun for baboons is a congress of baboons; however, the non-unique collective nouns troop of baboons and tribe of baboons are also used; moreover, the recently-adopted specific collective noun flange of baboons sees increasing acceptance.
 
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