COLLECTIVE NOUNS
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.
We are all familiar with:
A Herd of cows
A Flock of chickensThe English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.
We are all familiar with:
A Herd of cows
A School of fish
A Gaggle of geese
However, less widely known is:
A Pride of lions
A Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens)
An Exaltation of doves
A Congress 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
what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?
Believe it or not ... a Parliament
A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
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