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What is the collective noun for Joy Division obsessives?
Posted by Pencilsqueezer on 21 February 2010 - 2:14pm.
Could this be a Gloom,a Misery or maybe a Unknown pleasure of ...Would a group of Beatles fans be a Mop Top of or something else? What about a circle of Orbital lovers,or an indecent exposure of Doors freaks.
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I would say...
A mither.
How about a
bleakness of Joy Division Fans?
Just keep them
under Control
A
Morley of Joy Division obsessives.
Or, befitting the band's own tedious fascination, perhaps a Völk of Joy Division obsessives?
A Depression
of Smiths fans.
A
Flowering?
An
Isolation of Joy Division fans?
A Messy Puddle Of
Joan From Mad Men fans...
Bosom
Buddies?
Surely
They are The Young Men
A beard
Of Word readers.
A bunk up of Wire fans
or maybe a bubble? How about a blaze of Arcade Fire nuts.
A Couple
of Northside fans.
An Isolation
... of Joy Division fans is just perfect.
How about a Mascara of Cure fans?
Or a Stodge of Oasis fans?
or maybe
a knuckledrag of Oasis fans?
Then there's:
a deadpannery of Pet Shop Boys admirers.
a sashay of Lady Gaga followers.
a trainspottery of Hot Chip disciples
a fuzz of Fleet Foxes aficionados
a cloak of Midlake enthusiasts
a migraine of Metallica supporters
a backcomb of Cure loyalists
and
an earnestery of U2 fans
a taxing
of U2 fans
een belasting van U2-fans
surely?
A Factory
.
Modern R 'n' B
is collectively known as a Dirth of Talent
A Shellac
of Beatles fans
And a Beatle
Of Shellac fans.
A seroxat of...
Joy Division fans.
I had to look that up
Thankfully!
A hex
of Fall fans
A lump of...
Stereophonics fans.
A thump of
Oi fans
A bump
of Joe Tex fans
A jump
of Van Halen fans.
A dump
of indie landfill band fans
A mump
of Morrissey fans.
A hump
of Black Eyed Peas fans.
a slump
of Stones fans
a scrump
of Fiona Apple fans
a trump
of Bad Manners fans
A rump
Of J-Lo fans.
a frump
of Susan Boyle fans
and a sump of Cars fans
A stump
of Duckworth Lewis Method fans
A grump
of Van the Man fans
A Mugwump
Of William S. Burroughs fans.
A clump
of Trees fans
A plump
of Magic Numbers fans
a lump
of Sugarcubes fans
A grandiose of...
ELP fans.
A slurry of...
Cribs fans.
A masturbation of...
ELO fans.
A mince of......
Queen fans.
A Hamlet
of This Mortal Coil fans
A Gaggle
of Lady Gagaites
A Wordblog
of Richard Thompson fans
A Meltdown
of Richard Thompson fans
Here we go
A flounce of Morrisey fans, alternatively a strop
A trauma of Radiohead fans, alternatively a sourness
A shuffle of Nick Drake fans
A wheeze of Bob Dylan fans
A grizzle of Neil Young fans
A sneer of Sex Pistols fans
Possibly a touch cruel but..
a simper of Nick Drake fans?
A Mardy.
Definitely a mardy of JD fans.
For Kasabian fans, it's a Sherman.
A ring
of Elton John fans
A cleft of...
Van Morrison fans.
Now that is funny (but not
Now that is funny (but not if your Van Morrison of course).
A Ripple of Deadheads
An
hallucination of Deadheads?
An Einsatzgruppe of Joy
An Einsatzgruppe of Joy Division fans?
A wardrobe of Genesis fans?
Or ...
A Korg of Kraftwerk obsessives
A caravan of Camel followers
A barrel of Monkees fans
Or...
A hogweed of Genesis fans.
Would you believe me if
I told you I had typed 'hogweed' and then changed it? I've been hanging out here too long!
Of course I believe you...
I think it is fairly obvious that you and I are (in some respects) on the same wavelength. A certain thread springs to mind...
A Flock of Byrd's fans
A coil of Wire acoloytes
a rockery of Stones' followers
A flock of
A Flock Of Seagulls fans
A mullet of...
Lou Reed fans.
A whitetrash...
of Limp Bizkit fans.
A fwoar...
of AC/DC fans.
A canape of...
Duran Duran fans.
A flounce of...
Mariah Carey fans.
Or possibly
A flou-oooo-ooo-uuuu-uhhhhh-oooh-yeah-eee-ooounce
of Mariah Carey fans.
A solipsism of...
Robbie Williams fans.
A fistful ...
... of Dollar fans
A Britain's
of New Model Army fans.
(one for chaps of a certain age there)
How about
A vengeance of NMA fans?
Better
I like that.
Mine being a reference to 'Britain's' die cast toy soldiers etc. Played with and mown down to nnn-nnn-nnn-nnn-nnn-uuurrr machine gun noises when much younger.
Britain's used to do farming themed toys as well
tractors, animals, barns etc as well as model gardens complete with flower beds, walls and the like.
They now appear to sell for incredible money...
http://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Britains_Garden.html
http://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Britains_Farm.html
My friend and I
used to go on ironic shopping trips for Britain's plastic animals on Saturday mornings. Built up quite a collection, and for me at least it became less ironic as time went on.
'Ironic shopping'?
The world has finally left me behind...
Surely...
a clog of New Model Army fans.
Divs?
Divs?
A lubricant
of Manilow fans.
A damp gusset of Take That followers.
A bottle of Pil fans.
A stanza of John Cooper Clarke nuts.
Take That fans
would a moistness
be more concise? :)An Affirmation
of Yes Fans
A Camp of Pet Shop Boys Fans
A Bewilderment of Ozzy Osbourne Fans
An Element of Earth Wind and Fire Fans
A Dufflecoat of...
Belle & Sebastian Fans
A Compote of Jam Fans
A Smacker of Kiss Fans
A Montezuma of Aztec Camera Fans
A One-on-the-wrist of Bangles Fans (or is that one-off-the-wrist?)
A Gnome of Bowie Fans
A Gabba of Ramones Fans
Ok, that's quite enough...
surely an
as usual of Bowie fans
A Macclesfield...
...of Joy Division fans.
A Splinter Group of Carpenters fans.
A wow of...
Kate Bush fans.
A division of..
A Murder of Counting Crows fans
A Swarm of B52s fans
A Wad of Johnny Cash fans
A Funny bone of Elbow fans
An Unusual of Tom Jones fans (or Not)
An Insomnolent of Catatonia fans
A Juice of Cranberries fans - though will be less than a litre
A Pelican crossing of White Stripe fans
A feck..
of Father Ted fans.
A boast of Billy Bragg fans
A hurley of Thin Lizzy fans?
a humour
of Krautrock fans
a hypertension
of Kylie fans
a tumour
of Bad Brains fans
A Nigel
of XTC fans
In no particular order
A thicket of Kate Bush fans
A heartbreak of Del Amitri fans, or a skinful (that probably accounts for 90% of the material)
A puddle of Mud fans
A mudbath of Glastonbury fans
A blitzkrieg of Siouxsie fans
A
bop of Ramones fans
A
Bruddahood of Ramones fans
.
.
A gizmo of...
Godley and Creme fans.
A pipette
of 10cc fans?
A flange of Gorillaz fans?
Hey it's a meta-joke!
an Einsatzgruppen
of Joy Divisision fans.
A convention of Fairport fans
Invoking Blackwell's Law:
An ovenglove of Joy Division fans.
Ay thang yew. Here till Saturday, try the fish etc. etc.
A dozen
of Chet Baker fans.
tumbleweed etc...
A hermeneutic
of Scritti Politti fans
A Gang of Four fans
err...
First of all, an apology.
An earnestness of Gang of Four fans perhaps
Or,
A bewilderment of Beck fans?
A fog of (smog) fans?
A humurus of Elbow fans?
A potful of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds?
A spectacle of Elvis Costello fans?
A drainpipe of indie kids?
A shade of DJ Shadow fans?
A squelch of Squarepusher fans?
A weirdness of Warp collectors?
An alpha sigma of Beta Band fans?
A portion of Hot Chip fans?
A picket of Fence Collective members?
Please, someone stop this now.
Just want to get to 110
A neighbourhood watch of Gary glitter spotters.
A Polanski of Knife in the Water fans.
A pick a mix of Sweet fans.
A defecation of...
GG Allin fans.
A swoon of Prefab Sprout fans.
A shimmer of Cocteau Twins fans.
An eresasongforya of Whitesnake fans.
A couple of London Boys fans.
A Breakdown
of Joy Division fans
A joint of Bob Marley fans
A lexicon of Bob Dylan fans
A cortege of Wedding Present fans
An observation of King Crimson fans
joy division
is it a good laugh?