What is the collective noun for a group of Zombies?
Is it a herd, swarm, parade, murder? Something else entirely?
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mobs, swarms, drags, appetites or plagues
I’d like to call them target practice though. or XP boost
I call them a horde, or a pack. If there’s an official noun, I should probably know it, but I don’t. There’s also a shamble of zombies which I like.
@Symbeline Did you actually say shamble before I posted? I thought I’d made it up!
Swarm, brace, or flank. A group not moving might be called a nest.
Shamble is very cool, I go with that.
I would have said horde or mob.
If you’re making something up, you could invert: puorg or bom. Or take a cool name from another predator like “pride” of lions and call them a “shame” of zombies.
Depends on the type of zombie.
To me, “mob” or “swarm” denotes a unified, if disorganised, force. Romero-style zombies aren’t even self-aware, much less aware of each other. They certainly aren’t “pack” animals, at least not until Land of the Dead when they all rally around that one cool semi-intelligent zombie dude.
“Mob” or “Swarm” might work for the 28 Days/Weeks type “hyperzombie” creatures, though in my mind they’re not really zombies, since they have a disease, and are not the reanimated dead.
I do kinda like “shamble”.
I have to say, during the Z-pocalypse, we’re not going to be arguing semantics. It’ll just be “Holyshitballs there’s a fuckload of zombies coming from that-a-way! Let’s GTFO!”
The correct collective now is “republican”, as in
“The republican of zombies was slowly approaching the end of the road…”
@Seek Swarm is usually attributed to insects, and insects are some of the most organized creatures in existence. :p
I too agree with others. “A shamble of zombies” sounds apt. How about “Thriller” or ” “shuffle” of zombies?
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@elbanditoroso I am going to use that from now on. Also your comment made me laugh loudly. Also I am on a greyhound bus and it was awkward.
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