Collective wisdom ... for Austinites?

Here's our question ... What is the collective for Austinites?

How will you answer? Here's a post to help you think up an term for all of us who call Austin home ...

Today, on Twitter, we got the question (via a follower’s tweet):

“Does anyone know what the collective for ‘authors’ is? Grammar geeks, I need you!”

This sent us running for our copy of the fabulous book: “An Exaltation of Larks or, The Venereal Game” by James Lipton, which is, by most measures, the authority on collectives. Once we turned the cover, we were, once again, in deep; off and running, figuratively, in our own little collective world.

This book is delightful. We highly recommend it for those who enjoy a good play of words. And, these entries can be put to practical use too.

As a tribute to the great Dr. Lipton, we offer some additions to this ever-growing list of collectives. We begin with one that we invented because we did not find the answer to today’s original question …

• A composition of authors.

And so, here goes:

• A schedule of planners.
• A class of trainers.
• A quota of sales reps.
• A pool of typists.
• A service of customer agents.
• A circuit of engineers.
• A board of chip designers.
• A club of golfers.
• A string of gift wrappers.
• A cut of hairdressers.
• A cell of inmates.
• A cord of bungee jumpers.
• A package of UPS drivers.
• A cue of pool players.
• A clue of detectives.
• A deck of carpenters.
• A pad of stenographers.
• A capsule of pharmacists.
• A tablet of scribes.
• A mess of marines.
• A gang of oneupsmen.
• A ledger of accountants.
• A set of screenwriters.
• A patch of menders.
• A pack of hikers.
• A register of cashiers.
• A league of SCUBA divers.
• A web of bloggers.
   

To be added soon:

• A(n) _______________ of Austinites!

Just to let you know, we have a few early entries:

• A score of Austinites (you know, live music ... score ... too obscure?)
• A weirdness of Austinites (a tribute to our unofficial slogan: "Keep Austin Weird")
• An eclection of Austinites (an invented word meaning an eclectic collection)
• A progress of Austinites (we are progressive/forward-thinking, aren't we?)