nokori3byo
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I was just reading through this list of collective nouns for animals (yeah, I'm a dork, so what): http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml
It includes some well-known collective nouns for animals (murder of crows, school of fish, pride of lions) as well as some lesser known ones (skulk of foxes, parcel of deer, wake of buzzards, and so on).
I got to wondering about what collective noun one might use to describe a large number of headcrabs. My research, cursory as it was, turned up two words "bushel" and "cast" regularly used to decsribe crabs. One problem here is that "bushel" seems only to be used to describe crabs that have been caught and bindled together to be sold as food.
There's also the possibility that the resemblance of headcrabs to spiders might merit a collective noun more appropriate for insect-like creatures. "Swarm" is, of course, used for ants, bees, and many other types of isects encountered in large groups. "Plague" is used to describe a great swarm of locusts.
So, what'll it be then, a "bushel of headcrabs", a "swarm", or what?
I fear only Laidlaw could answer this question satisfactorily and I'm sure he has better things to do...
It includes some well-known collective nouns for animals (murder of crows, school of fish, pride of lions) as well as some lesser known ones (skulk of foxes, parcel of deer, wake of buzzards, and so on).
I got to wondering about what collective noun one might use to describe a large number of headcrabs. My research, cursory as it was, turned up two words "bushel" and "cast" regularly used to decsribe crabs. One problem here is that "bushel" seems only to be used to describe crabs that have been caught and bindled together to be sold as food.
There's also the possibility that the resemblance of headcrabs to spiders might merit a collective noun more appropriate for insect-like creatures. "Swarm" is, of course, used for ants, bees, and many other types of isects encountered in large groups. "Plague" is used to describe a great swarm of locusts.
So, what'll it be then, a "bushel of headcrabs", a "swarm", or what?
I fear only Laidlaw could answer this question satisfactorily and I'm sure he has better things to do...
