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Backing the blue while electing a felon (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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