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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI need a collective noun
for a group of NIMBYs. I mean like a flourish of strumpets, a parliament of owls, a turd of tRumps, and so on.
Anybody have suggestions?
Thank you.
Wolf
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I need a collective noun (Original Post)
Wolf Frankula
Jan 2018
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dhol82
(9,353 posts)1. A murder of crows?
DUgosh
(3,059 posts)3. Herd of Hermits
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,708 posts)5. Course I heard of hermits!
Wolf Frankula
(3,605 posts)21. I've 'Eard 'Ermits too!
'Erman's 'Ermits lead by Peter No-one. 'Aven't you?
Wolf
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,708 posts)22. Ermins!
Motley13
(3,867 posts)2. plague works for the moron deplorables
KatyMan
(4,218 posts)4. An Asshole of NIMBYs
easy
Motley13
(3,867 posts)6. still thinking, I had to look up NIMBY on urban dictionary
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,708 posts)7. How about an adjective?
A petty of nimbys?
Rabrrrrrr
(58,356 posts)8. A Conspiracy? coward? paranoia? bigot? douchebag? colostomy bag? clique?
pothole? scrooge? failure? putrescence? swamp?
So many good words.
FSogol
(45,586 posts)9. A Sewer of NIMBYs n/t
yankeepants
(1,979 posts)10. A Privilege of NIMBYS
Iggo
(47,597 posts)16. THIS ONE.
hurl
(939 posts)11. A pompous of NIMBYs
rurallib
(62,482 posts)12. from that glorious Vice President, Spiro Agnew:
'A Nattering Nabob of NIMBYS'
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)15. Winner winner, deplorable dinner
🙄
dweller
(23,702 posts)13. an hubris
of NIMBYS...
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,382 posts)14. A nimbus of nimbys.
like a very dark cloud.
Donkees
(31,531 posts)17. A Rankle of NIMBYS
ran·kle
1.(of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists.
1.(of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists.
Imagine it also as a play on words for NIMBYS 'pulling rank'
csziggy
(34,139 posts)18. A nattering of NIMBYs nt
FakeNoose
(32,908 posts)19. A NOOGIE of nimbys
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,382 posts)20. A Nimrod of NIMBYs.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)23. A thwart of NIMBYs. nt