Wednesday, January 13, 2010

What should the collective noun for teenagers be?

Now I am assuming here that one does not already exist. I think we should make one up. Answers on a postcard please :)


Ok maybe not a postcard but on a post!What should the collective noun for teenagers be?
An attitude of teenagers, as compared to an embarrassment of parentsWhat should the collective noun for teenagers be?
@jas





a collective noun is a noun used to describe a group of a certain thing. For instance ';herd'; is the collective noun of cattle, while ';flock'; is the collective noun for birds.





singular: cow


plural: cattle


collective: herd





singular: teenager


plural: teenagers


collective: ????





I do like the ';trashcan'; answer above though. :0)
I read once in Reader's Digest for this very question someone had suggested 'giggle' I think that makes sense especially in the case of teenage girls though boys also giggle
b------ nuisance
How about this - an exuberance of teenagers
An efflusion.





(Neither the Y!A nor the Firefox spellchecker has heard of it. Try a big dictionary)
A trashcan of teenagers
A rabble of teenagers
A 'torment' of teenagers



Dopers or Fukers. To be used:





Them ole' dopers did this.





Them lil' fukers did this.
A Strop of teenagers
Can I point out that not all teenagers are bad and disrespectful...
an OMG! of teenagers.



Bratz = teenagers so a bratz of brats then?
A Thicket.
numbnuts!!!!
A mob
i think this is called a gang or group of little sh--s!!!!!!!!!!
thugs louts ***** assholes pricks take ur pick
i think teenagers is the noun. person place or thing a teenager is a person.

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