The "A-Z" of Modern Collective Nouns The English language has some very strange collective nouns - most people have heard of a gaggle of geese, but did you know that the collective noun for crows is a "murder". Armed with this information, a group of people decided to update the list of collective nouns by adding a few for the 20th century. . . An abacus of calculators An algorithm of compilers An anvil of blacksmiths A balance of accountants A bevy of alcoholics A blast of aeroplanes A bolt of horses A box of cricketers A bra of feminists A break of winds A breeze of Scotsmen A burn of bras A can of worms A catch of aids A chain of surveyors A change of addresses A circumstance of Rabbi's A clutch of balls A cocoon of b-blackmen A code of processors A coffin of necrophiliacs A compulsion of gamblers A confusion of organisers A conglomeration of businesses A connection of peripherals A corruption of programs A couch of trick-cyclists A coup of dictators A coven of Mother-in-laws A cramp of writers A crash of bugs A crook of shepherds A crop of barbers A curse of mortgages A dago of Argentineans A dearth of programmers A deceit of politicians A delusion of directors A display of terminals A dividend of shareholders A donation of Jehovah's witnesses A doze of cricket fans A draught of french knickers A dribble of firemen A drip of taps A droop of brewers A dry of marker pens An erasure of disks An error of appraisements An excuse of trains A failure of negotiators A fairytale of planners A fart of colanders A field of fine legs A filter of coffee cups A flesh of strippers A flush of johns A foil of British sportsmen A fondle of bras A fountain of urinals A frock of transvestites A giggle of gags A gobble of Richards A gossip of wives A grope of gynaecologists A gross national product of economists A grudge of sportsmen A hang of judges A harvest of farmers A heap of brownies A heap of diagrams A hub of wheelwrights An idle of technicians An inactivity of offices An indication of pointers An infusion of teacups An interest of bank managers An interface of computers A jam of cars A keep of rubbish A lack of ales A latch of bytes A lay of nymphomaniacs A lean of shovels A metre of traffic wardens A movement of beans A gnash of teeth A nincompoop of customs officers An odour of deodorants An over of maidens A panic of engineers A pat of cows A percentage of agents A perch (rod, pole or) of anglers A fallacy of sex aids A poke of gigolos A pregnancy of silences A progress of pilgrims A promise of suppliers A prompt of cursors A pull of birds A quandary of implementations A query of Queens A reduction of enlargers A reek of underwear A ring of telephones A riot of soccer fans A rise of erections A rumour of managers A run of laxatives A scout of guides *and* a guide of scouts A screw of hookers A seam of tailors A search of bushes A sex of plugs A shelf of projects A silence of signalling systems A skid of underpants A slip of girls A slop of canteens A snip of vasectomies A sombrero of Mexicans A squeak of blackboards A stagger of drunks A stand of commuters A strain of constipation sufferers A strike of unions A sty of male chauvinists A suit of cases A summons of policemen A surprise of clairvoyants A suspension of stockings A sway of bars A swindle of embezzlers A swing of nudists A thicket of Irishmen A torture of racks A trip of junkies A trot of (brown) trousers A turf of bookies A twist of arms A vat of tax collectors A vertigo of steeple-jacks A waffle of salesmen A wait of buses A want of specifications A wave of sailors A web of letters A withdrawal of contraceptives A word of editors A writ of solicitors A yank of Americans And finally ..... An anonymity of authors