As we reported in our occasional e-newsletter, the recent discovery of dozens of previously unknown black holes has stargazers wondering: What’s the collective noun for a cluster of black holes? Our readers obliged with some clever...
In our latest online-only episode, Martha’s been putting together a collection of your favorite collective nouns and Grant joins her to swat around a caller’s question about what to call a game of tennis when you have only three players...
estacode n. funds intended to cover traveling costs (of an athlete, politician, etc.). Editorial Note: The term is usually a collective noun, but is sometimes also used as a count noun. Etymological Note: Perhaps from the non-public Estacode, the...