Common collective nouns: A herd of cattle, a school of fish. Less common, and probably because they look so wise, a parliament of owls.Now consider a gathering of baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and perhaps least intelligent of all primates.And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?Believe it or not ... a congress! Yes, a "congress of baboons."

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Loren Ekroth, Ph.D. is a specialist in human communication anda national expert on conversation for business and social life.

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