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Cellective noun for Zombies

cromermancromerman
edited November 2012 in The Walking Dead
I have been browsing Google for the above, but have not been very

impressed with the suggestions so far, although there are many of them.

Looking through my old dictionary I found the word..

Zymosis

A fermentation, zymotic disease produced by germs introduced from without.(Perhaps very apt)

While we are waiting for Episode 4 perhaps the Forum could come up with some others?

Comments

  • CyreenCyreen
    edited September 2012
    Gaggle

    Actually, this has already been discussed a bit under the thread titled "Herd".
  • RedKoolLoopsRedKoolLoops
    edited September 2012
    I like 'a posse of walkers', purely for the comedic value.
    I can't help but picture a posse of zombies strolling down a dusty street with their Stetsons on and their spurs clinking away.

    Another one for novelty value is team. 'A team of walkers heading our way'.

    I'm easily amused...
  • DreadMagusDreadMagus
    edited September 2012
    I've always referred to a group of zombies as an "oh-shit"
  • CyreenCyreen
    edited September 2012
    DreadMagus wrote: »
    I've always referred to a group of zombies as an "oh-shit"

    That's the North American vernacular and my first choice.
  • BlankCanvasDJBlankCanvasDJ
    edited September 2012
    A groaning?
  • Sir CraigiusSir Craigius
    edited September 2012
    I like to refer to groups of zombies as swarms.
  • Master of AeonsMaster of Aeons
    edited September 2012
    BlankCanvasDJ wrote: »
    A groaning?

    A Matt Groening?
  • PuhChewyChompPuhChewyChomp
    edited September 2012
    Horde. Duh.
  • CyreenCyreen
    edited September 2012
    PuhChewyChomp wrote: »
    Horde. Duh.

    Ha! Wait, I know this one.... NO, it's a herd.
  • cormorancormoran
    edited September 2012
    Whatever they get called they don't have it as good as Crows. A 'Murder', whoever thought that one up must have gone through some serious shit involving Crows.
  • Master of AeonsMaster of Aeons
    edited September 2012
    Cyreen wrote: »
    Ha! Wait, I know this one.... NO, it's a herd.

    Heard of zombies?
  • DreadMagusDreadMagus
    edited September 2012
    I've heard of them, I think they're Walking Dead or something. Maybe Hungry Dead. I'm not sure, need to ponder.
  • ChickenmanChickenman
    edited September 2012
    Master of Aeons wrote: »
    Heard of zombies?

    Yeah.

    Bored of Zombies.
  • CyreenCyreen
    edited September 2012
    Master of Aeons wrote: »
    Heard of zombies?

    I heard that zombies ate her brain.
  • TracerhahaTracerhaha
    edited October 2012
    A riot of zombies.
  • Master of AeonsMaster of Aeons
    edited October 2012
    Saturday night's a riot for fighting.
  • ZargusZargus
    edited October 2012
    A slow stumble of Walkers.
  • cherrypopcherrypop
    edited October 2012
    Zerg Rush.
  • GennadiosGennadios
    edited October 2012
    I always preferred the term "murder" but most of my friends seem to like hoard more.
  • YE OLDE PIRATEYE OLDE PIRATE
    edited October 2012
    A Gaggle of ghouls.....
    A warren of Walkers....
    A Drove of dead.....
  • HudomonkeyHudomonkey
    edited October 2012
    I like Molly's idea of Geeks

    So maybe a Gaggle of Geeks
    Or Droplet of dead
    A wibble of walkers
  • dustpuffsdustpuffs
    edited October 2012
    A shitload of shamblers.
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited October 2012
    An orgy of the dead.

    Wait...
  • MotordeadMotordead
    edited October 2012
    I was shot down on another thread about this, but I still support them being called a horde.

    horde/hôrd/
    Noun:
    A large group of people.
    An army or tribe of nomadic warriors: "Tartar hordes".

    herd/hərd/
    Noun:
    A large group of animals that live together or are kept together as livestock.
    Verb:
    Move in a particular direction.

    Horde just makes more sense IMO
  • FabrimuchFabrimuch
    edited October 2012
    Motordead wrote: »
    I was shot down on another thread about this, but I still support them being called a horde.

    horde/hôrd/
    Noun:
    A large group of people.
    An army or tribe of nomadic warriors: "Tartar hordes".

    herd/hərd/
    Noun:
    A large group of animals that live together or are kept together as livestock.
    Verb:
    Move in a particular direction.

    Horde just makes more sense IMO


    I think herd makes more sense. A horde is mostly for armies, but zombies are more like animals than humans anyway, mindlessly following one direction until something to eat crosses their path.
  • Master of AeonsMaster of Aeons
    edited October 2012
    Motordead wrote: »
    I was shot down on another thread about this, but I still support them being called a horde.

    horde/hôrd/
    Noun:
    A large group of people.
    An army or tribe of nomadic warriors: "Tartar hordes".

    herd/hərd/
    Noun:
    A large group of animals that live together or are kept together as livestock.
    Verb:
    Move in a particular direction.

    Horde just makes more sense IMO

    Right. Zombies aren't people, and a herd is defined as a bunch of zombies that all "move in a particular direction".
    *shoots you down*
  • MotordeadMotordead
    edited October 2012
    Master of Aeons wrote: »
    Right. Zombies aren't people, and a herd is defined as a bunch of zombies that all "move in a particular direction".
    *shoots you down*

    Well zombies are technically people, they're just dead people. When somebody dies their species didn't change. It's a human corpse, whats different when someone dies from the zombie infection? They're still human, just dead.

    I would also say that an undead horde is definitely an army, with a specific target in mind- anything living. The definition "move in a particular direction" refers to being moved by an outside source such as a rancher herding cattle into a pen, if they move on their own it isn't considered being herded, such as hearing a noise and going towards it.
  • HelloCthulhuHelloCthulhu
    edited October 2012
    I kind of like "A shamble of zombies." it has a ring to it.
  • thestalkingheadthestalkinghead
    edited November 2012
    zombie horde. THE END :D
  • TrueXusTrueXus
    edited November 2012
    dustpuffs wrote: »
    A shitload of shamblers.

    Haha, this one made me burst out laughing.
  • dustpuffsdustpuffs
    edited November 2012
    TrueXus wrote: »
    Haha, this one made me burst out laughing.

    Sweet! I made someone laugh!
  • MilosuperspeshMilosuperspesh
    edited November 2012
    i'm going with the ' an oh shit '

    for me they would be

    target practice, ammo sponges, a really bad smell,

    but a term that really nails what they are is

    the walking dead
  • The BraveThe Brave
    edited November 2012
    To me, the most accepted term is a "zombie horde".

    But on www.FVZA.org website, groups of zombies are sometimes called a "stagger of zombies."
  • funyahnsfunyahns
    edited November 2012
    I like scourge for the collective. Herd makes sense in a couple definitions. But I always think of herds as a defense mechanism not a hunting party. Most herd animals are predated upon.
  • DevlonirDevlonir
    edited November 2012
    funyahns wrote: »
    I like scourge for the collective. Herd makes sense in a couple definitions. But I always think of herds as a defense mechanism not a hunting party. Most herd animals are predated upon.

    You could say that zombies are predated upon and collect in herds to survive. A single zombie vs a single person almost always comes out bad for the zombie, as is seen a lot in TWD.
    I think Dale was the first person to be killed by a zombie one on one, and he was a weak old man.

    So basicly, zombies are actually able to procreate (by biting humans) and feed (by eating humans) better in a herd than they do when alone or in pairs. Also, herding seems to be in their instinct, much like it is in the instanct of herd animals.

    Still though, I like horde more as a collective noun. It's simply the classic.
  • JokiemanJokieman
    edited November 2012
    Zed or Geek Horde.
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