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csmonitor.com on 2019-11-07 12:00

Fun with words: Inventing cool collective nouns

Has anyone in all seriousness ever said, “Oh no, I’m right in the middle of a smack of jellyfish!”? Welcome to the strange world of collective nouns.

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