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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is the collective name for a group of clowns
I'm getting differing answers from my research on the inter webs.
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Shudder of clowns | |
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Pratfall of clowns | |
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Clown alley (I've also read that is the area where they get ready at a circus) | |
1 (33%) |
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Mutiny of Clowns (also a musical group by that name) | |
0 (0%) |
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Other answers? | |
2 (67%) |
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What is the collective name for a group of clowns (Original Post)
underpants
Feb 2020
OP
Now I understand the clown car thing. They don't even HAVE a transportation department
underpants
Feb 2020
#16
vrguy
(235 posts)1. Collective nouns missing from list above
A nest, a truckload
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,610 posts)2. The Republican Party.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. Touche!
Zoonart
(11,834 posts)6. HAHAH...winner!
MadLinguist
(788 posts)9. + 100
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,798 posts)14. Correctamundo!
Dem2theMax
(9,641 posts)17. That's the one I was going to suggest.
ChazII
(6,202 posts)21. That was my first thought as well. n/t
TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)3. GOP
Gathering Of Piethrowers
musicman65
(524 posts)4. The
white house
Zoonart
(11,834 posts)7. A murder of Shmos
underpants
(182,631 posts)10. Well done
Zoonart
(11,834 posts)11. High praise from the master
Wow. Thank you.
Walleye
(30,984 posts)23. I like it!
Squinch
(50,918 posts)26. Dying ovah heah! Dying!
MadLinguist
(788 posts)8. a chuckle of clowns
Fla Dem
(23,591 posts)13. Trump Family
FakeNoose
(32,596 posts)22. These clowns?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)15. Perhaps troupe might apply here, as in....
Comedy troupe or circus troupe, a common phrase in entertainment......
Also, apparently a large organized group of clowns is called an "alley", as in....
Link: https://worldclown.com/alley/
(WORLD CLOWN ASSOCIATION)
Note the far left column in this chart...
KY...........
underpants
(182,631 posts)16. Now I understand the clown car thing. They don't even HAVE a transportation department
Thanks. Very cool.
Ambassador of Clowns.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)18. Well, transporting clowns would be like herding cats!
.................
trof
(54,256 posts)24. More people love you than love me. I don't understand.
I'm almost as cute as you are.
At least in a bar late at night.
I don't get it.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)19. A riot of clowns. nt
Donkees
(31,342 posts)20. A buffoonery of clowns
jmowreader
(50,530 posts)25. Trump Administration
Faux pas
(14,645 posts)27. A clump?
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)28. The Senate
😄
forgotmylogin
(7,521 posts)29. A clown car?
Wolf Frankula
(3,598 posts)30. A Senate of Clowns
n/t
Wolf
happybird
(4,588 posts)31. An Oh Hell No! of Clowns
DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)32. According to the internet,
it's an "Alley" or "Pratfall" of Clowns, of course, fwiw.
Blue Owl
(50,281 posts)33. A trumple
n/t