Anthropomorphic Nouns
We are all familiar with a
Herd of cows
A Flock of chickens
A School of fish
and a Gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is:
A Murder of Crows
(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens)
An Exaltation of doves
And, presumably because they look so wise:
A Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons.
Baboons are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.
And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?
Believe it or not… A Congress!
(Note: It is correct)
A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!
That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington!
You just can’t make this stuff up.