Every once in a while I stumble on an interesting collective noun, usually for animals: a parliament of owls, a knot of toads, an exaltation of larks. I have heard an "awkward" suggested as an ...

But what if we could have a yakka of tradies, an incompetence of councillors or a scrape of cyclists? What if a group of ALDI shoppers was called a thrift, and a group of politicians was called a ...

A cavity of Collingwood fans, a scrape of cyclists, an inferno of tobacco shops — this is Melbourne’s hypothetical list of 100 collective nouns.

A cavity of Collingwood fans, a scrape of cyclists, an inferno of tobacco shops — this is Melbourne’s hypothetical list of 100 collective nouns. But what if we could have a yakka of tradies, an ...

You’ve heard of a flock of birds or a bunch of flowers, but how well do you know other collective nouns? Take our quiz below to test your knowledge of these often bizarre groupings.