Collective noun for gibbons

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?

Thanks in advance!

Kitt.

[Jim Lawton]

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?
Thanks in advance!

I found no hits on Google for <whoop of gibbons> but it seems to be an option
for gorillas, see this http://tinyurl.com/8llqa
--
Jim
the polymoth

[Adam Grinter]

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?

The term derives from a sketch on Not The Nine O'Clock News in the early
80s, and has now passed into semi-common usage, and is probably as good as
any other term.


Professor: Well, in the early days, Gerald made attempts to contact his
"flange" of gorillas...

Gerald: It's a "whoop", Professor, a "whoop" of gorillas. It's a "flange"
of baboons, for God's sake!

[t***@gmail.com]

That's what I was looking for! You've put me out of my misery now :)

Kitt.

[Prai Jei]

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?
Thanks in advance!
Kitt.

Hang on - are we referring to apes or spring onions? Please indicate the
pronunciation of the initial G - it's hard or soft respectively. It's a
bunch of the latter surely.

[Jess Askin]

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?
Thanks in advance!
Kitt.

I believe it's "a scribble of gibbons."

[Peter Romero]

Post by Jess Askin

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?

I believe it's "a scribble of gibbons."

A scribble of gibbons?? You're kidding.

What if it's a blizzard of gibbons?

[Peter Romero]

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Post by Jess Askin

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?

I believe it's "a scribble of gibbons."

A scribble of gibbons?? You're kidding.
What if it's a blizzard of gibbons?

Dagnab it. I thought of a much funnier one (to me) after I posted this one.
A "flibber of gibbons".

[Carmen L. Abruzzi]

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?
Thanks in advance!

Gibbons are not social. They form couples, and temporary single-child
nuclear families, no larger groups.

[Peter Duncanson]

On 24 Sep 2005 23:25:56 -0700, "Carmen L. Abruzzi"

Post by Carmen L. Abruzzi

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I'm sure I remember reading / hearing somewhere that the collective
noun for gibbons was a 'whoop'. Can anyone confirm / dispell this?
Thanks in advance!

Gibbons are not social. They form couples, and temporary single-child
nuclear families, no larger groups.

So if they do find themselves in a group they might become nervously
noisy - a gibber of gibbons.