What is a group of collective nouns called?

Caporegime
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Hello wonderfuls!

What in the is a collective noun? It sounds bonkers, like spacemen or Victorian drudgery. Let's correct that right off the bat: it's a count noun that denotes a group of individuals (e.g. assembly, family, crew). Pop some of these fellas* into your conversation today:
  • Collective noun for bees – Swarm.
  • Collective noun for fish – Shoal or School.
  • Collective noun for sheep – Herd.
  • Collective noun for ships – Fleet.
  • Collective noun for birds – Flock.
  • Collective noun for lions – Pride.
  • Collective noun for wolves – Pack.
  • Collective noun for ants – Colony.
Does anyone have a particular favourite? I favour 'a ship of rascals'**

* also, ladies, thank you.
** my new band name.
 

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Soldato
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It’s a flock of sheep not herd.
Goats are in herds.

My fav is a shower of c u next Tuesdays
 
Soldato
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A thicket of idiots is just more aptly descriptive than a bunch of idiots.

I'm trying to think of a collective noun for a heap of mag's posts :D
 
Caporegime
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Does a Gaggle count?
if so that's my favourite
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There seems to be a lot of gaggles in GD, they flock to it like sheep
  • Collective noun for lions – Pride.
nice to see even nature celeberates it
 
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