tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post1964820456784925762..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: A ------ of iPhonesM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-35905030815393005452020-01-30T07:23:04.206+00:002020-01-30T07:23:04.206+00:00frig hafrig haAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-83028199794922797792013-04-18T19:19:38.040+01:002013-04-18T19:19:38.040+01:00I think it depends on if your phone is among them....I think it depends on if your phone is among them. Surely it's either a wephones or a theyphones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-17157004630048970182011-11-04T06:43:22.996+00:002011-11-04T06:43:22.996+00:00A podA podmosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146984067782314373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-69870694494991131912011-09-24T18:01:21.595+01:002011-09-24T18:01:21.595+01:00A waste of money.A waste of money.Tazio Bettinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787163622198886309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-65378323298155465722011-09-24T10:50:05.218+01:002011-09-24T10:50:05.218+01:00A smugness.A smugness.ampersandishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419787353524534789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-43809167440872100632011-09-20T23:45:54.158+01:002011-09-20T23:45:54.158+01:00I think if it's going to be pejorative it need...I think if it's going to be pejorative it needs to be specifically pejorative; a midden, a noise or an annoyance could just as easily apply to Blackberries or Nokia or Samsung any other brand you can think of. <br /><br />I quite like clutch, but I must say I think coffle is my favourite so far - the roping together of a contrary herd. <br /><br />A peck? A pippin? A delicious? A gala?The Antipodean, with the disclaimer that myself and my entire immediate family (including in-laws) have iPhones,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-71127280101640218732011-09-20T19:55:39.133+01:002011-09-20T19:55:39.133+01:00a noise of iphones, or an annoyance of iphones.a noise of iphones, or an annoyance of iphones.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-66814533909178448622011-09-20T18:49:00.668+01:002011-09-20T18:49:00.668+01:00I propose "midden" -- i.e. a dung-heap o...I propose "midden" -- i.e. a dung-heap of iPhones.Laudator Temporis Actihttp://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-53167302367769233552011-09-20T16:05:37.068+01:002011-09-20T16:05:37.068+01:00Surely a collection of Apple products should be an...Surely a collection of Apple products should be an orchard?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-72400382608960554952011-09-20T15:54:19.686+01:002011-09-20T15:54:19.686+01:00Well, before cutting a word out of whole cloth, I ...Well, before cutting a word out of whole cloth, I took a look at extant collective nouns. One can be more or less charitable to the iPhone users…tittering (as of magpies), chattering, or murmuration (as of starlings) reflect what most people do with their iPhones. Likewise busyness (ferrets), pandemonium (parrots), cloud (bats), siege (bitterns), or scourge (mosquitoes) seem apt for their general effect and usage.<br /><br />But I think the best nouns I came across were superfluity (as of nuns) and coffle. Coffle is used specifically for a group of asses roped in a line; meet for my purposes.<br /><br />That said, I also consulted my iPhone-using brother, who would characterize the phones and their users as cultured, connected, addicted, and otherwise dependent aesthetes. So perhaps an obsession or clutch of iPhones.<br /><br />A bunch of different Apple products could be called a bushel. <br /><br />On a note related to collective nouns though not iPhones, I found that a number of cobblers together is called a drunkenship. Perhaps you should befriend some cordwainers.Wynnhttp://egotistsclub.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com