Proper name for a group of zombies?

by **VTMarik** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:00 am

TheBlunderbuss wrote:Another "can" of worms.
Crows have been associated with death for hundreds of years. They eat carrion.
So "clown" is out.

Well, technically zombies have entertained the people since the first zombie movie and the first real zombie game. So "clown" could work, as clowns have entertained for much longer than that.

by **Viat** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:58 am

I think clowns are pretty scary. All the make-up's probably to hide their decomposing faces.

by **Agent281** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:47 pm

Not to mention that there have been plently of clowns in Romero movies. I might have imagined it, but wasn't there a clown in Day (and possibly one in Dawn)?

by **Vertebral Rend** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:03 am

I'm starting a thread right now on zombies in costume.

by *SoOM* SC Faction Leader » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:42 pm

My group and I have been calling a 'grouping' of the Undead a "Plague".

by **str8razer** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:27 pm

I don't know about the smaller groups, but a fitting name for 144 zombies would be a "gross".

Just stating the obvious.

by **itsallover** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:30 pm

Well why not call them something that comes straight to our heads when we see lots of zombies, such as, "OH HOLY F***K!"

by **AEnemia** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:35 am

In my presence, it would probably be a "shitload."

As for clowns, I agree. They tend to be scary or plain fricken annoying (like The Inane Clown Penises a.k.a ICP).

by **Sub-Genius** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:58 am

slow moving zombies:

a stager

fast moving zombies:

a rage.

Usage : "A rage of zombies chased my ass up this tree!"

by **Kyle S..** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:29 am

I'm thinking stenchers for a couple, stagger for a dozen, shamble for around two dozen, and horde for fifty or more. We could have a cemetery for several hundred zombies.

I like cemetery:

Some random survivor: Kyle, what do you see up there?

From his position on top of the building, Kyle sees a lot of zombies heading their way.

Kyle yells: We have to evacuate now, there is a cemetery of zombies coming!!

by **Don Kanonji** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:24 am

you could always refer to the zombies as asshole neighbors for the individuals, a neighborhood watch for like 5-10 the PTA for 11-20, girl scout jamboree for 21-50 and a law firm for 50-100 and whatever you consider a big scary group people who you consider no better than the undead for 100+.
Or whatever local orginizations/people that annoy you from time to time and whatnot.

Scout1: Okay, we got two neighborhood watches to the North
Scout2: We have a Girl Scout Jamboree to the West
Scout3: Looks like a lawfirm is having a meeting with the local PTA South of here
Scout4: Just a couple asshole neighbors to the East.

by **randomusername** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:36 am

Right when i think this thread is dead and buried, boom, it comes back like a fart under the sheets.

by **TheBlunderbuss** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:50 am

I'm just waiting for someone to call them Xombies.

by **StalinsLastStand** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:02 am

I don't know why I hadn't thought of that!

Hardcore xtreme xombie!1!!!!one!!!

by **zXzGrifterzXz** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:08 am

Don Kanonji wrote:you could always refer to the zombies as asshole neighbors for the individuals, a neighborhood watch for like 5-10 the PTA for 11-20, girl scout jamboree for 21-50 and a law firm for 50-100 and whatever you consider a big scary group people who you consider no better than the undead for 100+.
Or whatever local orginizations/people that annoy you from time to time and whatnot.

Scout1: Okay, we got two neighborhood watches to the North
Scout2: We have a Girl Scout Jamboree to the West
Scout3: Looks like a lawfirm is having a meeting with the local PTA South of here
Scout4: Just a couple asshole neighbors to the East.

Here at ZS we strive to keep the line between the living and the dead clear. With that said I think giving them names that we would use for those who are living is, a bad idea.

by **randomusername** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:13 am

Someone stop the madness, i thought we agreed on the names with stagger and shitstorm and stuff.

by **TheBlunderbuss** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:36 am

that was excessive.

by **StalinsLastStand** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:40 am

Yet I'm still not satisfied.

by **Blaman** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:02 pm

I put my vote in for stagger and rage. by the way, you dont have to say "a stagger of zombies"; just "a stagger" will do.

For individuals, I will use "shambler" for slow ones and "ghoul" for the fast ones.

by **Grin Reaper** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:22 pm

I hope this thread never dies.

And for the record, I like "shamble".

by **Absit** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:07 pm

Stagger is good for a group, rage would be nice for fast ones if they're fast (hope not). If I saw one, I'd just say "one", I think everyone would know what I was talking about in said situation. The term "fuckload" or "assload" or "shitload" will never die though.

by **MrRevenge** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:23 pm

I like shambles.

Tom "Holy shit shambles!" lol

by **Machete Jake** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:46 pm

hmm. How about a scourge of Zombies?

A stagger of zombies is 2-4

A shamble is 5-7

A pack of zombies is 8-11

A rage is 12-20

A horde is 20-40

A scourge of zombies is 41-80

A carrion of zombies could be any number above a hundred.

A doom is any group that exceeds any understanding of an amount of zombies.

I think this works quite well.

by **Shmerlin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:37 pm

It might just be me, but I have the feeling that they might just be called a "bunch" or "group".

As in "There is a bunch of zombies over here" "There is a group of zombies over there"

-Andrew

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