Short Stuff: Nouns of assemblage... assemble!

In this episode, Josh and Chuck dive into the delightful world of nouns of assemblage—those quirky collective nouns like "a murder of crows" or "a charm of finches"—and trace their origins back to a 1486 hunting guide called the Book of St. Albans that started a whole trend of creative word-making. They explore how these terms of venery were originally meant to describe groups of animals but hilariously started including humans as a joke, and then walk through a ton of fun examples from birds to insects to domestic pets, discovering gems like "a pittle of puppies" and "a clouder of cats." It's a lighthearted romp through medieval wordplay that shows how language can be both practical and playfully absurd.