Collective Nouns

[CreamyLady]

While driving home this afternoon, I barely missed a large group of cyclists. Each appeared to regard the entire road as his or her rightful domain, and the stop signs amusing bits of scenery. My lover and I came up with a collective noun for these particular pests -- a scofflaw of cyclists.

The narrow escape got me thinking about other collective nouns. I know about a murder of crows, an unkindness of ravens, an exaltation of larks.

What would we call the participants in this august board? Or a group of writers of erotica?

 

[Earthgoddess]

Well we are too diverse to be a herd,too complicated to be a gaggle,not slippery enough to school...How about a column? a clan?...yes a clan-we could have our our tartan-little naked men,splayed across little naked women on a blue background...

 

[Laurel]

Just a thought...

An orgy, perhaps?

 

[CreamyLady]

An orgy? We already have those . . . lots of them!

A clan makes me think of SCA, and gaming.

How about a heat?

 

[Golden]

an inspiration of gasps ...

 

[Mensa]

OOOHHH!! OOOHHH!! OOOHHH!!

How about an orgasm? An orgasm of erotic writers. I think I could get off on that.

 

[Mensa]

I'm cumming dear, I'm cumming.

I initially thought of a cum of erotic writers but I decided that collective noun more properly went with porn stars. A cum of porn stars. I know I've got off on that... more than once!