On Collective Nouns

I've a little confession to make. Part of my time away from blogging was spent making friends. I know - crazy! Crazier still is the process... involving the subculture that is the Mommy Group. I never thought I'd join one of these things; far be it for me to think I'd want to be friends with someone just because we both have kids. It didn't quite work that way, though. I joined, and I met some women I wanted to spend more time with than others, so I tried my best to do that. In the case of Alaskan Mama, who was most verbally anti-Mommy Group from the moment I met her, I sucked her into that vortex and she hasn't looked back. (Well, maybe just a little. But she didn't escape.) mwahahahaha

Now that I'm (again) moving to a place where I know no one, I'm emboldened to consider starting up my own Mommy Group. Having had great leadership in the group in Alaska, I think I have a handle on how it should be run. (I'm idealistic as hell, you know.) The one thing I'm most hung up on is what to name the group. My philosophy on this is that I don't want to feel embarrassed about walking into a restaurant and telling the hostess that I'm there with [insert embarrassing Mommy Group name here]. As much as I loved the Alaska group, the name? Terribly embarrassing quotient for restaurants.

Driving across country with mister mrtl and no Bugs, there's a lot of time to ponder such conundrums. Like, if it includes the word "mommy," there should at least be a cool acronym to use in its place. Or, should it include the location? We're not sure yet where we're going to live, so I'd have to wait to consider names based on that. I shared my mystery with mister mrtl, the subject of collective nouns came up. What, exactly, is the collective noun for "moms"? I've researched this profusely online to no avail. Anyway, here are some of the ideas that we shot back and forth (I'm sure you'll be able to tell which ones were his ideas.)

• Babes in the 'Burbs
• Suburbanistas (need to research this one to make sure it's not the name of a porn shop somewhere)
• A Bunch of Moms
• A Murder of Moms (immediately shot down because the acronym is MOM - duh)
• A Flock of Moms
• A Herd of Moms (yes, I wanted to slap him for this, too)
• A Gathering of Moms
• A Rack of Moms

This last one. Whenever I came up with another idea, he would simply repeat, "Rack of Moms!" When we had dinner with one of his headbanging imaginary friends (hi John!), he shared his brilliance. Of course, the friend agreed that "Rack of Moms" was the best, after offering "Gaggle of Moms." ::slap - ugh, men::

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Update: Suburbanistas won't work. It's been defined, I took the quiz and am totally not a Suburbanista. Wouldn't want to confuse anyone. GAH!

Comments

[Amber]

I totally dig surbubanistas! Even if it's a porn name - it's hot baby.

and lordy I have to agree about the AK group name. I'm not a big fan. But I missed the voting period by a few days so I guess I can't complain too much.

[Sharkey]

I have to say I'm with Mr. Mrtl on this one. Rack of Moms is pretty good.

[Undercover Mutha]

a crash of moms
a clowder of moms
a menagerie of moms
a company of moms

Eh, just go here and see all the collective names for groups of animals. But the rack of moms? That's funny stuff right thar. AROM. Too bad it's not A Rack Of Moms in Alaska. AROMA

[William]

How about FLIM? Just because it is funny.

[jana]

I"m thinking ANY thing with the word 'mom' in it is usually considered rolling eye material. Unless it's 'menage a trois moms' i guess.

How about Eternally Maternal Meetings?

[Mainline Mom]

One of my friends who lives in Chicago belongs to a group actually called The MILFs. I kinda like that. A lot better than my group...MOPS.

[Mainline Mom]

One of my friends who lives in Chicago belongs to a group actually called The MILFs. I kinda like that. A lot better than my group...MOPS.

[Mister Mrtl]

I think the "milfs" is cool, but that would really restrict the membership. No offense, lol

[shari]

Mysterious Moms -- which has the added advantage of being M&Ms, which y'know... have chocolate in them. I love chocolate!

[Ern]

I'm partial to Babes in the 'Burbs myself, but Flock of Moms is pretty good too - rolls off the tongue nicely.

And I bet I'm not the only one who's dying to know what the Alaska group's name was.