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Re:Ask HN: Invited by Facebook for privacy roundtable. What ... by Balgair on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @02:02PM (#20394771)
Kinda like the names English gives to groups of animals? Pounce of kittens, parliment of owls, dash of cheetahs, etc
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Re:Ask HN: Invited by Facebook for privacy roundtable. What ... by lioeters on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @03:27PM (#20395638)
Totally going off-topic, but for others like me who love these poetic phrases, they're called "terms of venery", dating back to the late middle ages' hunting tradition [0].

In the list I see "coalition of cheetahs" and "kindle of kittens". But then again, I don't mind new coinages, these are fun.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_terms_of_vener...

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