Collective Nouns for the Web
Melanie Sumner has this super-specific collection of web-related nouns for describing a group or set of something. You know how there's a school or fish or a
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170 articles by Geoff Graham.
170 articles by Geoff Graham.
Melanie Sumner has this super-specific collection of web-related nouns for describing a group or set of something. You know how there's a school or fish or a
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Zeldman:
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