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My favorites (er... I'm Kanukian, so that would have been "favourites") are a "Grump" and a "Quibble".
A "clench" is apropos, but applies to anybody with tight and shifting deadlines.
A "crock" resonated, somehow.
A "ream" had some historical traction, but would be lost on most, I expect.
A "volume" makes a certain sense, but most likely after a "jigger", a "shaker", or possibly a "crock"... but at least two of those are not in the sense that the originator intended (extra points if you don't have to ask me which ones).
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Subject: re: Need a collective noun (so far)
Well, that didn't format so well. The list doesn't like Rich Text.
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And for those of you who're keeping score at home...
A grammar
Ryan Pollack
A scribble
Peter Hirons
A clench
Lynne Wright
A squeeze
Nancy Allison
A squench (squeeze/clench),
Craig Cardimon
crock,
silo,
forum,
jigger,
shaker,
grump
A single source
Jessica Weissman
A paragraph,
Ken Poshedly
suite
A bitter
Peter Neilson
A quibble
Dan Goldstein
A contention,
Bill Swallow
volume,
binding,
aggregate,
progress,
gentility,
illumination,
bodhi
A HAT
Reshma
A chapter
Ron Hearn
A gaggle,
Iris Friedman
cohort
A ream, topic
Sukesh
A quill
Brian Henderson
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