Comment on Did anyone else learn that "a group of cats is called a Whisper?"
t_378@lemmy.one 2 weeks ago
The technical term for this is called a collective noun in English. I did some quick googling, which unfortunately returned a ton of AI slop that I won’t repost here. But it did return tons of answers.
My thought is, your school probably did teach you it was called a Whisper, but who’s to say what’s the authority on collective nouns.
csm10495@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
For some reason a collective of cats sounds like some sort of organized crime group that wears suits.
My cat doesn’t wear a suit, though probably partakes in organized crime. 🤔
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Made me think of Animal Collective… Great, now I’ve gotta listen to Merriweather Post Pavilion when I get home