Words, the ecstasy of nuance and diversity
Project: Polytopia

Groups and collectives come in an abundance of variety; they poetically coalesce into the migrating forms through which we see ourselves and the images we apply to make sense of our world

Brood

1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.
2. The children in one family.



Flock

1. A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together.
2. A group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church.
3. A large crowd or number: had a flock of questions.

Horde

1. A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes.
2. A nomadic tribe or group.

Throng

1. A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude.
2. A large group of things; a host.



Host

1. An army.
2. A great number; a multitude.

Crush

1. A great crowd: a crush of spectators.



Drove

1. A flock or herd being driven in a body.
2.
1. A large mass of people moving or acting as a body.
2. A large body of like things.


And… Mass, Multitude, Ruck, Legion, Swarm, Congregation, Collection, Array, and Bevy and Bunch, Cluster, Lot and party, Press, Band, Gang and Slue, School, Pack and plain Group


And some are combinations which should have appeared inconceivable unless they were so meaningful, like: A crowd of two, A flock of one, A Solitary Multitude

Fri, Apr 23, 2010  Permanent link
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