COLLECTIVE for DIABETICS

Grazer

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• Jan 13, 2012

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I was reading an article this morning about a "bloat" of hippopotamuses. You also, of course, get a school of Whales, a shoal of fish and a murder of crows. So what would the collective word for a group of diabetics be? Would we be a "suite" of diabetics? Or maybe a needle of diabetics? Or perhaps even a moan of diabetics? What do you think?

 

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leggott

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #2

How about a digestion of diabetics.

 

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viviennem

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #3

A sweetness of diabetics? with a touch of irony! :wink:

My favourite of these is an unkindness of ravens.

Viv 8)

 

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slimtony

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #4

The official term (in my own head) is 'a scrimmage of diabetics'.

 

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Helenababe

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #5

A 'Multitude' of diabetics.

I was going to be flash and use the Latin word, but multitude translated is 'Turba'.

Helena

 

Grazer

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #6

Would an "opathy" of diabetics be too sick?

 

alliebee

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #7

how about a 'Prickle' of diabetics (scuse the pun) :lol:

 

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Unbeliever

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #8

We are ,iaccoding to the press an "epidemic " of dabetics" or maybe a "plague"

 

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pianoman

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• Jan 14, 2012

• #9

I was thinking along the lines of the islet cells where insulin in secreted -- or not, as the case may be... and so perhaps an Archipelago of Diabetics?

 

Grazer

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• Jan 14, 2012

• #10

pianoman said:

I was thinking along the lines of the islet cells where insulin in secreted -- or not, as the case may be... and so perhaps an Archipelago of Diabetics?

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OOOh, a bit subtle maybe. You'll be saying a "langerhan" of diabetics next.

 

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bystander

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• Jan 16, 2012

• #11

How about a 'confusion' of Diabetes, or a 'Test' :lol:

 

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SandraR

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• Jan 19, 2012

• #12

How about .....

..... a diatribe ?

 

whatdoesthisbuttondo

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• Jan 19, 2012

• #13

For the Metformin users amongst us it would definately be 'A rush of diabetics.....'

 

Grazer

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• Jan 19, 2012

• #14

whatdoesthisbuttondo said:

For the Metformin users amongst us it would definately be 'A rush of diabetics.....'

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Like that one!

 

brill

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• Jan 19, 2012

• #15

SandraR said:

How about .....

..... a diatribe ?

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Yeah, like it!!! :lol: