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webofevil ([personal profile] webofevil) wrote2008-11-12 02:13 pm
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I’ve been soliciting suggestions for a collective noun for bishops. So far we have:
a huddle
a sanctimone
a corsage
a rodomontade
a nuisance
a coffee-morning
a cascade
a flounce
Any more?
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[identity profile] monkeyssk8.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
a partay?

[identity profile] htfb.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The correct collective noun is "bench", which means the obvious synonym for bishop is "bunder".

[identity profile] spoonrefuter.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
a milliners dream
an amen
a fewtoomany

[identity profile] clanwilliam.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
A schism?

[identity profile] clanwilliam.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, work just added their suggestions:

A purple haze.
A diagonal.

I particularly like a diagonal of bishops.

[identity profile] nudejournal.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
a rape of bishops

[identity profile] webofevil.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The Bishop of Chichester maintains that that was just an accident, Ed. It's time to let it go.

[identity profile] carsmilesteve.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
ah, now, that would be an ecumenical matter...

a frock?

[identity profile] hoshuteki.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
A bully?

(Anonymous) 2008-11-12 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
A 'shitload'

[identity profile] lifesizemonkey.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
a turbulence

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
A Harold.

[identity profile] chiller.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
A bless.

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
A weeble

[identity profile] pageantmalarkey.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
A hat. A hat of bishops.

[identity profile] ultra-lilac.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
A sweep
A sanctimony
An apse
A waft
A blessing
A snoot

[identity profile] martylog.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
A diagonal.

[identity profile] martylog.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
A mashup

(Anonymous) 2008-11-12 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
a vaccination
a tumble
a dave-allen

(Anonymous) 2008-11-12 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
an eternity
a reverberation
a box

[identity profile] mirrorblue.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
a fuddle

Ooh, I know ...

[identity profile] fiat-knox.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
A surplus
A redundancy
An overabundance
An excess

A violation
A sin
A transgression
A glut
A venality
A pride
A vanity
A lust
A sloth (I'll stop with the deadly sins here)

A chessboard
A plumage
A riot
A strain
A cost
A tax
An inefficiency ...

[identity profile] g0ldt00th.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
a bishop
or
a boship

[identity profile] g0ldt00th.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
an episcopusis
an episcopality

[identity profile] g0ldt00th.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
a whimper
a handshake
a limp handshake
a fret
a wring
a misgiving
a vexation

[identity profile] rawrphotography.livejournal.com 2008-11-12 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
A fuckton.
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