Fascinating Words for Things That You Didn’t Know Had a Name

Murder

MIRCEAX/ISTOCK

A flock of crows is what people call a group of crows in modern times. Crows were given the name “murder” in the 15th century when they were observed in groups because they were frequently linked to the bubonic plague and other forms of mortality. To put it simply, they were a portent of death.

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