Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Plural Nouns for the Supernatural

Have you ever tried to warn your friends of an impending zombie attack, but couldn't think what to call them (a vexation)?
How many times have you foolishly spoken about a "flock of phoenixes", when the proper term is clearly a "conservatory of phoenicies"?
Multiple fantasy sightings tripping your tongue? Well, fret no more with...


Some of these (a "sleigh of santa claus"?) are very obviously made up, but this is still very educational. I imagine its especially nice for the WoW crowd- thanks to this chart they won't ever be laughed at for mixing up a "malignity of goblins" with a "devilry of gremlins" again!

Bonus Points for Borg reference.

2 comments:

  1. No wonder I died so many times on WoW! I couldn't properly describe to my coventry of warlocks that I was pulling too much aggro from the ruin of kobolds in the Fargodeep Mine!

    ReplyDelete