Ritalin Invitees on Nostr: All those memetic "a group of this type of animal is called a whatever" things are ...

All those memetic "a group of this type of animal is called a whatever" things are fake. We all know that, right? There's no governing body of animal collective nouns.

You can call a group of similar animals anything you want. You can call a group of anteaters "a sobriquet of anteaters" if you want. No one can stop you. It doesn't even have to be a noun. You can call a group of squirrels "a scurry of squirrels" (and in fact people do) if you want, so "an ineluctable of Burmese pythons" is totally fine.

A patiently of orange-rumped agoutis. A loud buzzing noise of hornets. A social disease of cockroaches. A fundamental of carp. It's anarchy.

This is English. There are no rules. Dig yourself a shallow hole in the middle of the language and squat there flinging excrement at anyone who happens by.