A whole herd of Tauren, fighting an instance of bosses
by Mike Schramm 
Jun 27th 2007 at 6:58PM
I love this-- reader David B sends us news that he was chatting with this Alliance guildies about what to call a group of Horde ("Hordies," of course, but read on), and they eventually came up with a list of collective nouns for the various player groups of Azeroth.You know what collective nouns are-- like a gaggle of geese, or a swarm of bees. I've reprinted David's list below the jump, and I have to say, some of it is genius: "a blush of Blood Elves," "a den of rogues," and a "congregation of priests" are definitely my favorites. But there is some room for improvement-- "an annoyance of gnomes" is funny, but couldn't there be a better word for that? Maybe a "short stack"?
And there have got to be better things to call a group of Alliance and a group of Horde, so post your own ideas in the comments below. I have to say, though, "a murder of Murlocs" is just about perfect. Don't touch that one.
WoW Collective Nouns
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By Race
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Blood Elf - a blush of Bood Elves
Draenei - a blessing of Draenei
Dwarf - a clan of Dwarves
Gnome - an annoyance of Gnomes
Human - a community of Humans
Night Elf - a fellowship of Night Elves
Orc - an abomination of Orcs
Tauran - a herd of Tauren
Troll - a tribe of Trolls
Undead - a cemetery of Undead
By Class
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Druid - a pride of Druids
Hunter - a lodge of Hunters
Mage - an illusion of Mages
Paladin - a banner of Paladins
Priest - a congregation of Priests
Rogue - a den of Rogues
Shaman - a surfeit of Shamans
Warlock - a coven of Warlocks
Warrior - a battalion of Warriors
Miscellaneous
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Alliance - an alliance of Alliance
Horde - a hinderance of Horde
Boss - an instance of bosses
Murloc - a murder of murlocs
Filed under: Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
athanyel Nov 27th 2007 7:29PM
I'd change druids to "a pack of druids".
You can't really change the gnomes though...the annoyance is too perfect.
Chris M Jun 27th 2007 7:13PM
Wow indeed. I'm going to start using these more often.
"OH snap! A whole blush of Blood Elves just raided Southshore. There was a whole coven of warlocks!"
:)
Chris
Roger Jun 27th 2007 7:36PM
Druid - a Conservation of Druids
Hunter - a Flight of Hunters
Mage - an Conflagration of Mages
Paladin - a Bubble of Paladins (could there be ANY other?)
Priest - a Smite of Priests (congregations are followers, priests are leaders)
Rogue - a Murder of Rogues
Shaman - a Shock of Shamans
Warlock - a Shard of Warlocks
And the proper collective noun is a Mrgglgrrrgle of Murlocs. Duh.
Warrior - a Charge of Warriors
Luciferasi Jun 27th 2007 7:39PM
I'd go for "An order of mages", but everything else is fantastic.
And what about "a flood of Naga" and "an orgy of Succubi"?
Roger Jun 27th 2007 7:41PM
Bah, awful formatting, sorry.
R. Knight Jun 28th 2007 9:54AM
A pack of Hunters
BenMS Jun 29th 2007 9:32AM
Nahh, illusion isn't a collective noun...
A convocation of mages? And with Shamans having the whole tribal, Native American angle, I'd go a lodge of Shamans. Surfeit just means an excess of.
Konnan Jun 28th 2007 1:32AM
I'd settle for "Abomination of Alliance" and "Honour of Horde" myself...
We all *know* that the Alliance are the evil ones in WoW... :-)
ErsatzPotato Jun 28th 2007 2:36AM
The words for specific animal groups are strange and wonderful.
A murder is a group of crows, got that covered. An exaltation is a group of larks, I like that for druids. Pretty darn sure I don't want to get pooped on by an epic lark. Being poo-exaltationed by a LARP would truly suck! They'd put on tuxedo pants and have pretend sex on my corpse after.
A convocation of priests, I'd think, though could work for mages too and ain't catchy. Fun to say aloud though.
I think blush for BElf is going to stick. Allows others for specific/mixed groups too, the SElf and the MElf and...use your imagination. :P
Rot of 'locks (a riot when they pwn)
Twit of twinks
Wall of wars
Moo of tauren
Stench of undead
Posture of draenei (or attitude or hoof'n'squid [surf'n'turf])
Hunter of night elves
Cat of hunters (so it'd be a cat of hunters of hunters just to rub it in)
Ale of dwarves
Plague of beggars & ninjas (used to describe guilds, we all know the ones)
Bunch of people saying gay, etc, in chat is a Barren, raid of lowbies to go do, um, nothing, is a Shire. A cliche is a group of RP or lore fanatics
ErsatzPotato Jun 28th 2007 2:56AM
Edit:
Rot of 'locks (a riot when they pwn *or get the snot kicked out of them*)
Kneebite of gnome warriors (if ever such a group exists)
A raid of anything level one is a machinima (see kneebite) and probably a barren and a shire.
Byron Jun 28th 2007 6:12PM
Yeah, those names suck, they're alliance-biased. If you're going with 'an alliance of Alliance', then why not the corresponding 'horde of Horde'. And I'd suggest for Orcs, a Regiment of Orcs, or something else battle-related. For gnomes, something brainy, a Class/School/Section/etc of Gnomes. As in, damn, we got schooled by a class of gnomes...
RogueJedi86 Jun 28th 2007 5:42AM
Gnomes are basically little nerds, so they need a geeky/technical collective noun.
Maybe a Convention of Gnomes?
Diana Jun 28th 2007 8:07AM
#5 is right. An "Honor of Horde" or a "Host of Horde" work better. Hinderance is burdensome and as a Horde player it just has a negative connotation to me. An alliance of Alliance seems redundant. Maybe an "Army of Alliance" or an "Aggregation of Alliance" would work better.
I think a "gaggle of Gnomes" would work well because gaggle is just a funny word. :P
Diana
Kaylek Jun 28th 2007 8:50AM
I would have said "a tank of druids." But that's just because I'm a bitter paladin.
FireStar Jun 28th 2007 9:08AM
@5 true true
Skarloey Jun 28th 2007 10:27AM
@ 8 I agree,
We gnomes are not an annoyance (well ok maybe a few of them are… most of them okay), but geeky works for the gnome jokes and their voices and higher engineers.
I’m also about a Host of Horde, forgive me I forget who wrote that, but a hindrance of horde is not fair to horde players, I’m for Host!!
Moover Jun 28th 2007 10:35AM
A Lab of Gnomes of course... ;)
Whether they are the experimenters or the experimented is another matter.
Angus Jun 28th 2007 11:35AM
Pack of hunters.
Horde of orcs. (where do you think they got the name for the faction?)
As for Horde and Alliance. Their names indicate a group of them.
A Horde or an Alliance is fine.
A Conclave of Shaman
A gaggle of gnomes was a good idea.
Determination Jun 28th 2007 11:03AM
A Procession of Undead.
lfnotter Jun 28th 2007 11:12AM
A thunder of taureans
A complexity of gnomes
A warband of Horde
A cohort of Alliance
A flight of dragons
A grove of druids
A nest of naga
An ecstasy of succubi
A rage of felguards
An oppertunity of goblins