A murder of crows, probably plotting a murder
Collective nouns are always fun to discover. For example, you may know that it’s a pack of dogs, but did you know emus come in mobs? #Scientistherdnames takes this to a whole new level.
What is #scientistherdnames? Well, for every school of fish, there’s a murder of crows. And, quite wonderfully, for every pod of dolphins there’s a crash of rinoceroses.
But what of the scientific world, what of researchers, what of academics? Consisting of its own array of groups, each similar yet distinct, what do we call biologists, astronomers and physicists?
Well luckily for us, today has seen #scientistherdnames trend on Twitter and some of them are magnificent in their obvious simplicity.
Enjoy.
A body of pathologists #scientistherdnames
— Peter Coles (@telescoper) February 4, 2016
A conditioned response of behavioural therapists #scientistherdnames
— Pez (@Pezzamystic1) February 4, 2016
#scientistherdnames A Bouquet of Botanists
— Cosy (@CosyFanTootsie) February 4, 2016
An inclusion of neuropathologists @ritasteyn #scientistherdnames @DrABNeuro @neuroruncake @natalierounding #neurodegeneration
— Emily Goodall (@DrEmilyG) February 4, 2016
#scientistherdnames A grumble of grad students.
— Andrea Skantar (@AndreaSkantar) February 4, 2016
#scientistherdnames A bankroll of Scientologists
— Scott Stavrou (@WriteAwayEurope) February 4, 2016
#scientistherdnames A Squint of Gynaecologists
— Nibbles (@Tigs_Hopper) February 4, 2016
A Shower of Meteorologists #scientistherdnames
— mags4indy (@florence_myles) February 4, 2016
An uncertain number of quantum physicist #scientistherdnames
— The Mighty I (@finestjun) February 4, 2016
A sequence of DNA analysts #scientistherdnames
— Oli Baker (@xxHaunter) February 4, 2016
A despair of postdocs #scientistherdnames
— Christina Bergmann (@chbergma) February 4, 2016
An ass-embly of proctologists #scientistherdnames
— Brian Wolven (@brianwolven) February 4, 2016
A heard of audiologists #scientistherdnames
— Brian Wolven (@brianwolven) February 4, 2016
A rumble of seismologists #scientistherdnames
— Dr Brendano (UoW) (@Brendano) February 4, 2016
A fatigue of adjuncts #scientistherdnames
— Catherine Q. (@CatherineQ) February 4, 2016
A sample of statisticians #scientistherdnames
— John Coupland (@JohnNCoupland) February 4, 2016
A colony of cell biologists #scientistherdnames
— Aimee Eckert (@aimee_e27) February 3, 2016
More and more great ideas are popping up by the minute, so if you have any suggestions why not throw them up on Twitter.
Murder of crows via Shutterstock
