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There are books dedicated to the collection of amusing and obscure collective nouns.

But is there such a thing as a collective verb?

Date: 2003-12-13 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mr-e-cat.livejournal.com
orgy?
to orgy?
they orgied?

Date: 2003-12-13 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] horngirl.livejournal.com
I don't think it's gramatically possible. A collective noun is essentially an adjective (ie, word used to describe a noun), not an adverb. Mind you, I just woke up and can't actually think of any adverbs just now anyway, so I could be talking utter shite ;-)

Date: 2003-12-14 02:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shocko.livejournal.com
How about "runnies"?

Vile, yet evocative.

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