23 Humorous Bookish Collective Nouns – Writing Humour

Here are 23 humorous bookish collective nouns that should exist, especially for readers and writers.

What is a collective noun?

It is a noun that describes a group of things or people as a unit.

23 Humorous Bookish Collective Nouns – Writing Humour

(P.S. Don’t trust this list; many of these entries are fanciful and never found outside of word lists. Source: collective nouns by subject)

1. Anthology of Poems
2. Babble of Linguists
3. Babel of Words
4. Catalogue of Librarians
5. Collective of Nouns
6. Conjunction of Grammarians
7. Erudition of Editors
8. Library of Books
9. Obscurity of Poets
10. Pan of Reviewers
11. Pitfall of Fine Print
12. Plot of Playwrights
13. Pomposity of Professors
14. Pretension of Intellects
15. Quiz of Teachers
16. Scoop of Journalists
17. Shush of Librarians
18. Squint of Proof-readers
19. Swarm of Literary Drones
20. Tenet of Palindromes
21. Wealth of Documents
22. Worship of Writers
23. Wrangle of Philosophers

by Amanda Patterson

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