Collective noun

[Wendles]

Sitting in the car in the chilly Greno carpark on sunday I witnessed a 'flight' of brightly coloured MDOCCERS in identical plumage run together past the windscreen. I mused on what a good collective noun for orienteers might be. Any ideas?

[Becks]

Was just wondering if the lack of replies to this was due to no one being interested or no one knowing what a collective noun was?! For those of you who aren't English teachers (or daughters of them ) Wendles means a word to describe a group of orienteers, like a herd of cows or a gaggle of geese.

My brain's too dead this morning to even come up with a starter suggestion. Damn långa intervallen i skog...

[Nailest]

Thanks for clearing that up Becky!

How about "a following" of orienteers.

[Adventure Racer]

Wendles means a word to describe a group of orienteers, like a herd of cows or a gaggle of geese.

Wow, you learn something new every day. So, a wendles of orienteers it is then.

[HOCOLITE]

Well spotted AR, perhaps you should be an English Teacher

[DesignatedDriver]

most amusing AR!!

how a:

cacophony of orienteers (just like that word)
plethera of orienteers
uprising of orienteers
sample of orienteers
scoot of orienteers

oops - i am just making rubbish up now

[Pingu]

Thinking along the lines of a murder or crows;
what about a pit of orienteers - the pit being the root cause behind a group of lost-looking Oers

[Mrs H.]

By that token then perhaps a "Confusion of Orienteers"

[mharky]

I prefer bunch, as in "Bunch of losers".

[Adventure Racer]

Surely if they are wearing O-suits, the correct designation is "eyesore of orienteers".

[firhayes]

During an event - a thicket of orienteers.
After an event - a depression of orienteers.

[Kitch]

Thanks Mharky

now my face and ribs hurt from laughing.

[Wendles]

Okay you clever clogsses, challenge number 2: to come up with collective nouns for orienteers from particular clubs
e.g. a hoot of Airienteers

[Wendles]

A Bonnie of Clydes??
A Cry of Havocs??

[Jenny E]

A amazement of NOC's