A Sum of Adders

Cartoon animals struggling to hold a heavy Placeholder Image sign while a bird prepares to land on top.

“Sum” is one of the odder collective nouns on this list, and honestly, nobody has fully pinned down where it came from. One theory ties it to the idea of adders being “counted together,” possibly linked to their habit of basking in noticeable numbers on sunny hillsides, easy to tally at a glance. It’s a … Read more