Favorite Collective Noun Tournament 2014 (Memory Wins!)

[mith]

If you haven't been around for one of these before, check the links to see what this is about...

Favorite Movie (2007) - The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Fictional Character (2008) - Han Solo
Favorite Song (2009) - Stairway to Heaven
Favorite Book (2009) - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Favorite Person (2010) - Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Favorite Game (2010) - Texas Hold'em Poker
Favorite Game (2012) - Chess
Favorite Band (2012) - Queen
Favorite Video Game (2013) - Pokémon RGBY
Favorite TV Show (2013) - The Wire

Part 2: Choose Topics
Part 3: Nominations - Fictional Villain, Collective Noun, Comedian

Brackets

Round 1: Matches 1-7, Matches 8-15, Matches 16-22, Matches 23-29
Round 2: Matches 30-37, Matches 38-45
Round 3: Matches 46-53
Quarterfinals: Matches 54-57
Semifinals: Matches 58-59, Bonus Matches 1-4
Final: Match 60, Bonus Matches 5-6
Results

[mith]

Part 3: Nominations

Nominate your (up to) 25 Favorite Collective Nouns. Order does not matter. You must nominate in the following format:

Noun
Noun
Noun

Optionally, you may include one or more subjects which each applies to; for example:

Herd (sheep, zebras, walruses, etc.)
Flock (seagulls)

Nominations for the same noun will be combined, but all suggested subjects (along with any other common ones I can find) will be listed with them for voting.

For my sanity, please post your nominations as just a straight list with no numbers, bullets, or comments. It saves me a lot of time if I can just copy/paste into my spreadsheet rather than having to remove things first.

If you feel the need to comment on your nominations, do so before or after the entire list. Feel free to edit your list as much as you like, but post in the thread when you do so - I might have already started compiling my list and could miss your edit. I reserve the right to ignore nominations from anyone not following these guidelines.

Links are not required

, but are helpful for verifying use. Please link a source if your nomination is not found on Wikipedia's list.

Nouns are not guaranteed a place in the bracket from a single nomination. Nominate your top 25 regardless of others' selections

(ideally, don't look at other people's lists at all until you've posted yours, but you may want to look to make sure you're not missing something that belongs). Nouns above some number of nominations will be in the bracket, and there may be a runoff of some sort to determine remaining spots. See previous tournaments for details.

[mith]

Barrel (monkeys)
Bloat (hippopotamuses)
Cackle (hyenas)
Clattering (jackdaws)
Clowder (cats)
Convocation (eagles)
Gaggle (geese)
Murder (crows)
Parliament (rooks, owls)
Pod (dolphins, whales)
Queue (moderators)
Shrewdness (apes)
Superfluity (nuns)

[xRECKONERx]

Gaggle (geese)
Murder (crows)
Pride (lions)
Congress (baboons)
Flock (seagulls)
Pack (wolves)
Yoke (oxen)
Swarm (bees)
Herd (sheep)
Colony (ants)
School (fish)
Troop (kangaroos)
Horde (insects)
Superfluity (nuns)
Commune (scummers)
Superfluity (nuns)
Pocketful (Hawthorne Wipes)

[quadz08]

Peloton (bicycle racers)
Blush (boys)
Draught (butlers)
Wake (buzzards)
Pounce (cats)
Intrusion (cockroaches)
Float (crocodiles)
Murder (crows)
Convocation (eagles)
Memory (elephants)
Tower (giraffes)
Rabble (gnats)
Bloat (hippos)
Deceit (lapwings)
Gulp (magpies)
Stud (mares)
Parliament (owls)
Pandemonium (parrots)
Unkindness (ravens)
Escargatoire (snails)
Ambush (tigers)
Wisdom (wombats)
Zeal (zebras)
Commune (scummers)
Sequitur (logicians)

[Faraday]

Murder (Crows)
Gaggle (Geese)
Pride (Lions)
Exaltation (larks)
Peloton (Bicicyle Racers)
Pandemonium (Parrots)
Congress (Baboons)
Phalanx (Storks)
Ambush (Tigers)
Shrewdness (Apes)
Unkindness (Ravens)
Wisdom (Wombats)
Dazzle (Zebras)
Rake (Mules)
Tittering (Magpies)
Leap (Leopards)
Plague (Insects)
Cackle (Hyenas)
Siege (Herons

[Oversoul]

Why do none of you have a flamboyance of flamingos

[pickemgenius]

Dongers(Donger)
peloton (cyclists)

[DeathRowKitty]

Army (frogs)

[shaft.ed]

commune (scummers)
congregation (alligators)
shrewdness (apes)
draught (butlers)
clutter (cats)
fesnyng (ferrets)
waddling (ducks)
shoal (fish)
gaggle (geese)
rabble (gnats)
array (hedgehogs)
mess (iguanas)
mischief (mice)
superfluity (nuns)
parliament (owls)
pandemonium (parrots)
wisdom (wombats)

[quadz08]

commune (scummers)

yoink'd

[xRECKONERx]

oh that's amazing

[CooLDoG]

Rabble (humans)
Flock (human children)
Stampede (Human black Friday shoppers)
Congregation (Human cult followers)
Queue (waiting humans)
Group ( a collection of humans)
City ( A rather larger group of humans with buildings)

[Brandi]

Pride (Lions)
Ambush (Tigers)
Pounce (Cats)
Destruction (Wild cats)
Mischief (Mice)
Swarm (Bees)
Blush (Boys)
Murder (Crows)
Business (Ferrets)
Gaggle (Geese)
Parliament (Owls)
Pandemonium (Parrots)
Club (Seals)

[Chevre]

Blush (boys)
Clowder (cats)
Clutch (chickens)
Drunkenship (cobblers)
Intrusion (cockroaches)
Charm (finches)
Rabble (gnats)
Trip (goats)
Fluther (jellyfish)
Kindle (kittens)
Richness (martens)
Superfluity (nuns)
Escargatoire (snails)
Fesnyng (furrets)
Array (hedgehogs)
Flamboyance (flamingos)
Commune (scummers)
Commonwealth (scummers)
Queue (waiting humans)

[Kublai Khan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... in_English

[Aegor]

ostentation (peacocks)
peloton (cyclists)
draught (butlers)
observance (hermits)
superfluity (nuns)
pandemonium (parrots)
escargatoire (snails)
assembly (clergy)
argumentation (historians)
choir (angels)
mass (priests)
sequitur (logicians)
pontification (priests)
obeisance (servants)
kaleidoscope (butterflies)
congregation (worshipers)

[shaft.ed]

so we're all just going through the wikipedia list and picking our favs?

[Chevre]

Yes, unless you want to find other sources...

meanwhile there are BOOKS upon BOOKS of Pantone colors just wanting to be loved...

Don't say I didn't warn you...

[Aegor]

so we're all just going through the wikipedia list and picking our favs?

Just glancing at other submissions, I see many from non-Wiki sources.

[pickemgenius]

my list has now doubled!

[Burning_Earth]

Peleton (cyclists. Ok, this doesnt really work but whatever)
Parliament (owls)
Murder (crows)

[ChannelDelibird]

shrewdness (apes)
colony (ants, bats, weasels)
blush (boys)
bellowing (bullfinches)
intrusion (cockroaches)
murder (crows)
pod (dolphins)
convocation (eagles)
mob (emus)
flamboyance (flamingos)
gaggle (geese)
rasp (guineafowl)
bloat (hippopotamuses)
cackle (hyenas)
mess (iguanas)
smack (jellyfish)
barrel (monkeys)
scourge (mosquitoes)
superfluity (nuns)
parliament (owls, rooks)
ostentation (peacocks)
unkindness (ravens)
ambush (tigers)
wisdom (wombats)
sequitur (logicians)

[Dessew]

array (of hedgehogs)
cast (of hawks)
charm (of finches, magpies)
convocation (of eagles)
cry (of hounds)
destruction (of wild cats)
dissimulation (of birds)
draught (of salmon)
drunkship (of cobblers)
glaring (of cats)
labour (of moles)
memory (of elephants)
mob (of deer, emus, kangaroos, sheep, whales, scummers)
murder (of crows, magpies)
nye (of pheasants)
observance (of hermits)
parliament (of owls, rooks)
plague (of insects)
richness (of martens)
school (of dolphins, fish)
siege (of herons)
sleuth (of bears)
unkindness (of ravens)
wake (of buzzards)
wisdom (of wombats)

[imaginality]

Borg (Borg)
Waddle (penguins, on land)
Raft (penguins, in water)
Bunch (grapes)
Stand (trees)
Quiver (arrows)
Wad (bills/notes)
Deck (cards)
Round (drinks)
Embarrassment (riches)
Phalanx (umbrellas)
Bevy (beauties)
Peloton (bicycle racers)
Murder (crows)
Memory (elephants)
Convocation (eagles)
Parliament (owls)
Shrewdness (Apes)
Cackle (Hyenas)
Rabble (humans)
Hastiness (cooks)
Bed (eels)
Unkindness (ravens)
Quarrel (lawyers)