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What is the term used for a "group of managers"? For example

He has a fleet of managers

or

He has a legion of managers

Though the sentences above might not be correct. I want to know that correct term that would replace fleet and legion in the sentences above

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The only one I have seen is a clusterf*uck of managers - bluvixen.tumblr.com/post/15910023685/… - but I am not sure how widespread the usage is. It seems appropriate to me though... – Roaring Fish Nov 22 '12 at 10:05
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+1 Dilbert would agree with "a clusterf*ck of managers". That's a great group name! – Bill Franke Nov 22 '12 at 10:10
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I'm not sure how often wolves & fish use collective names other than "Food?" for humans, but close your eyes and imagine those managers as roaring lions vainly combing their manes, or honking geese blaringly foisting their advice on you while you're trying to do your job, or brain-dead ungulates mooing & snorting & whinnying pseudowisely on the savannah, and you've got a pride, a gaggle, or a herd. If you see them as wolves, then you've got a pack. All sorts of humorous possibilities arise. Use your imagination. :-) – Bill Franke Nov 22 '12 at 10:14
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NPR's Car Talk (part sage car advice, part boisterous comedy) once did a funny segment on this; you can read some of their suggestions for lawyers and mechanics and such at this tweet. The bad news is, there's no "official" answer (hence the closure), but the good news is, that means you're at liberty to invent and inject your own. As @BillFranke suggested, you could borrow from those words used in the animal kingdom, or you could use something else that fits. As for me, I'd suggest a hindrance of managers. – J.R. Nov 22 '12 at 10:50
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@J.R.: I like it! That's the spirit! – Bill Franke Nov 22 '12 at 12:18
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closed as not a real question by RegDwighт♦ Nov 22 '12 at 10:45

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