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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

What’s the collective noun for chunguses?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago
[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It’s gotta be Chungi, right?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They're talking about a collection of animals, not the plural form of the word (which chunguses is). Like a group of crows is called a murder.

[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think the plural should be chungi, and the collective noun either a clowder, or a murder.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why would you besmirch cats and crows that way? The collective noun should be something vaguely derogatory, like "heap" or "clump."

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

The collective noun should be bag of dicks. Or bag for short.

[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not so much to do with the current designation of clowder, but rather I was inspired by the origin of the word.

A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).

As for murder, I think labelling them with their intent is simply a good idea.

I've nothing against crows or cats, but the person who coined their respective collective nouns probably did.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Ok, I did not know the origin of clowder, and retract my earlier objection.