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What To Call Them?
OK, I'll admit it. The latest wave of bombings in Israel has put me in a whimsical mood. Laurence Simon aka "File13 (Amish Tech Support)," over at Charles Johnson's site, asks what the affinitive term is for Palestinian "militants."
We have a gaggle of geese, a crash of rhinocerous, so what do we call a group of folks who habitually lie and blow themselves (and others) up?
Mr. Simon suggests a "burst" of Palestinians.
Here are my contest entries:
An explosion of Palestinian "militants"?
A mendacity of Palestinian "militants"?
And for EU bureaucrats, who cheerfully fund this madness, an idiocy of burEaUcrats?
Or, in the spirit of a "pride of lions," how about a shame of burEaUcrats?
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 12, 2002 09:14 AM
Comments
Hard to top "EUniks".
Posted by The Sanity Inspector at June 12, 2002 10:43 AM
it has to be a 'blast'
Posted by John Brennan at June 12, 2002 11:23 AM
Allahbomber
Posted by ken anthony at June 12, 2002 12:18 PM
"Allahbomber"
That's not a collective noun.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 12, 2002 12:21 PM
A "salvo" of human-bomb terrorists.
Posted by Kevin McGehee at June 12, 2002 12:35 PM
A murder of EU bueraucrats.
A boom of Palestinians.
A pod of Chomskyites.
A flock (sheep, not seagulls) of Million Mom members.
A chaingang of Roman Catholic priests.
An embarrasment of Democratic apologists.
Damn, this is fun...
Posted by David Paglia at June 12, 2002 02:12 PM
I like "a boom of Palestinians."
Posted by Charter Oak at June 12, 2002 03:19 PM
A "sheaf" of bureaucrats
A "squeal" of leftists
A "rant" of academics
A "fumble" of Democrats
A "stench" of Frenchmen
A "natter" of pundits
A "snore" of editorialists
A "cringe" of diplomats
A "maze" of Eurocrats*
*(tho' I, too, am partial to EUnuchs/-niks)
As for the "militants" affinitives...how 'bout these?
An "inferno" of Palestinian "militants"
A "battery" of Palestinian "militants"
A "cannon" of Palestinian "militants"
A "bleed" of Palestinian "militants"
A "pule" of Palestinian "militants"
A "raving" of Palestinian "militants"
An "addle" of Palestinian "militants"
A "butchery" of Palestinian "militants"
A "stab" of Palestinian "militants"
A "folly" of Palestinian "militants"
A "boast" of Palestinian "militants"
A "shriek" of Palestinian "militants"
Chew on those.
Posted by Charlie at June 12, 2002 08:24 PM
"That's not a collective noun"
Yes, I was aware when I posted it. I like to be different ya know... My weird thought process went something like... there's usually only one...
However, ...a 'folly' of..., best describes my thoughts if must play by the rules...
I was being creative Rand, sheesh.
Posted by ken anthony at June 12, 2002 11:08 PM
Would a fury of infant manglers suit ya?
... a radiation of rodent brains...
... a spray of soul sacrifiers...
... a weirdness of infidel revilers...
... a factless of faith fumblers...
... a dementia of hardly precision munitions...
Pardon my rudeness...
... a kaka of shit for brains...
eh, it's not poetry.
Posted by ken anthony at June 12, 2002 11:22 PM
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