Apparently the whole “quirky unique collective nouns for different things” thing was a victorian meme. People 150 yes ago just made them up to be funny, and now they’re solemnly repeated as mystical English dictionary words from the dawn of language.
Apparently the whole “quirky unique collective nouns for different things” thing was a victorian meme. People 150 yes ago just made them up to be funny, and now they’re solemnly repeated as mystical English dictionary words from the dawn of language.
It predates the Victorians by some centuries, in fact!