A fleet of aircraft is pretty well known but I wasn't aware of a poverty of pipers. Not that I'd ever thought about pipers previously. Nor was I aware of a sedge or siege of bitterns. Come to think of it, I didn't know what bitterns were anyway. For those who might now be wondering, they are "any of several wading birds of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus, having mottled brownish plumage and a deep booming cry in the male". I think I have seen some gay men of this description late on Mardi Gras Parade night.
I got to thinking about what a collective noun for gay men could be. The first thought in my mind was an orgy of gays. Certainly that's a description appealing to me. I Googled collective nouns and to my surprise found there already is an apparently confirmed collective noun for us. We are a "village"! Not as exciting as being an orgy but somehow quite fitting.
I then decided to Google images for a "Village of Gays" and for some reason that I didn't fathom the following was one of the 121 options provided.
He doesn't seem too happy about the idea but I feel he is a fitting inclusion in the village. What do you think?
I think he has just had his first male to male experience and he is saying, oh no, I really am gay.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: hehe, if only that were true.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was a faggle of gays. That's why my friends always said.
ReplyDeleteMy friend managed to slip "Disco of Gays" into the wikipedia page for collective nouns for a few months. A do like faggle though.
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