# Car Talk's Collective Nouns **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051 "2009-06-18T21:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_and\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/1 "2009-06-18T21:47:17Z")
Last month, a New York Times blog featured a little competition of sorts: creating new collective nouns. (The results were pretty amusing, including “a google of searchers”, “a bore of bloggers,” and “a battery of Priuses.” You can read the whole list, [here.](http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/weekend-competition-a-murder-of/)) That got us wondering… what collective nouns could we use at Car Talk, or NPR in general? An irritation of Magliozzis? A plaid of used car salesmen? A bogosity of puzzlers? A vituperation of hate mail? We’d love to hear your suggestions! You can share them right here. We’ll check back! The lackeys of Car Talk Plaza ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/2 "2009-06-20T22:45:41Z")
A snit of GM bashers. ---
**Author:** ![george7777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@george7777](https://community.cartalk.com/u/george7777)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/3 "2009-06-21T15:52:42Z")
For several ladies of the evening gathered on the street corner: An anthology of pros. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/4 "2009-06-21T18:15:18Z")
A court of Imperials. A corral of Mustangs. A fleet of Corvettes. A mole of Cobalts. Remember poetic license. There will never be a mole of vehicles produced. An edition of LTDs. A caravan of Ramblers. ---
**Author:** ![trainwreck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@trainwreck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trainwreck)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/5 "2009-06-22T13:39:48Z")
For when things are getting weird, events are not quite normal, like when you expect Rod Serling to come around the corner, you are surrounded by “A Glass of normalcy.” Use that down the halls of NPR!! ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/6 "2009-06-23T11:15:04Z")
Rashers Of Auto Company Bail-Outs ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/7 "2009-06-23T13:20:52Z")
A Sounder Of Auto Company CEOs ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/8 "2009-06-23T13:33:36Z")
A Consensus Of Automotive Ignorance ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/9 "2009-06-23T13:53:59Z")
Clatch Of Car Klutzes ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/10 "2009-06-23T17:54:41Z")
Multi-Port Fool Injection ---
**Author:** ![fitjeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fitjeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fitjeep)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/11 "2009-06-23T18:51:37Z")
A brace of Orthodontists ---
**Author:** ![fitjeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fitjeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fitjeep)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/12 "2009-06-23T18:54:05Z")
An array of computer programmers. A relation of database administrators ---
**Author:** ![HAnderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@HAnderson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HAnderson)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/13 "2009-06-27T00:02:51Z")
A symphony of mechanics ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/14 "2009-06-27T00:34:49Z")
A pair of morons A duo without a clueo (I really love you guys!) shameless guys with wheel replies Fieros heroes mechanic fanatic angels and bagles ---
**Author:** ![Ranck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ranck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ranck)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/15 "2009-06-30T15:49:39Z")
I don’t think I’ve got anything new to add, but I want to point out that a google of searchers actually defines a specific number. A google is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. A collective noun shouldn’t really specify a number, should it? So, obviously, that one should probably be a yahoo of searchers. Oh, wait, I did think of one. How about a slump of jazz men? ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/16 "2009-07-01T23:14:25Z")
A ledger of Accountants A greed of Executives A confusion of managers A formula of Engineers A phylum of Biologists A beaker of Chemists A hypothesis of Physicists A blind of Umpires A yell of Coaches A bench of Second Stringers A nag of Wives A buttinski of Mother-in-Laws ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/17 "2009-07-02T01:50:32Z")
"A nag of Wives A buttinski of Mother-in-Laws" Don’t hold back, CR, tell us what’s really on your mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pistazie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pistazie/32/1275_2.png) [@pistazie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pistazie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/18 "2009-07-06T02:22:17Z")
I would call the show a live transmission of bum steers dealing with a perplexity of automotive disfunctions responded to with a large snifter of snorts. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talks-collective-nouns/32051/19 "2009-07-06T05:20:42Z")
A bumbler of quick lube technicians. A grudge of warranty claims. A glas-pack of gearheads. A land mine of Pintos. A scrapper of Oldsmobiles. A flush of dealer-recommended services.