You can never know too many of these. 50 Collective Nouns from Mental Floss. The list is a little frustrating because some I know are correct, but others sound like they were made up on the spot. And they didn’t ever list a ‘committee of Presbyterians’.
Celebrated on January 18, the birthday of Peter Mark Roget, author of the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (better known as Roget’s Thesaurus), Thesaurus Day is a celebration of words, their meanings, and the time and care taken to craft writing which avoids monotonous repetition. Thesaurus.com provides us with the following definition for Thesaurus: …
This is gold. “Many of the residents have never seen Adelaide, and some apparently do not care whether they ever are so favored.” may be the best quote ever. On the Ozwords blog there’s a post about what’s described as the ‘Melbournising effect’ on other cities, notably Sydney. Of greatest interest is to find out …
For dad-jokers in training this is a treasure trove. I’m not joking. These go by pretty quick, but I think they’re all in reasonable taste.
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