Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism - "the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object."

 The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for various groups of animals.

We are all familiar with:

A Herd of cows

A Flock of chickens

A School of fish

A Gaggle of geese.

However, less widely known is a:

A Pride of lions

A Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens)

An Exaltation of larks

A Parliament of owls (because they look so wise…?)

Now consider a group of Baboons.

Baboons are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.  And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?  Believe it or not…it’s:

A Congress of Baboons! 

I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington.

Hat tip - Neal Boortz