Terms of venery. was: "oral sex" among the Victorians

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:52 AM -0500 1/12/06, Page Stephens wrote:
>Terms of venery ie. collective nouns are one of the older surviving but
>still current jokes in English.
>
>Here are the first four references I found after I googled the phrase.
>
>Read them and enjoy.
>
>http://www.kith.org/logos/words/upper/V.html
>
Note that the nomination in this one for "a clique of web-surfers"
(as a collective) only works for that subset of us who rhyme "clique"
with "Rick" rather than "reek".

L