Collective noun for an assembledge of twitchers

[L&L Knight <>]

Yes, a sudden influx of twitchers is typically followed by a rapid  
dissipation of the throng as participants depart bearing their ticks  
(photos and field notes).  Many will not return until a different  
vagrant turns up.
On 06/03/2009, at 2:05 PM,  wrote:

> How about an "irrupt of twitchers", from the definition irruption: "To
> increase rapidly and irregularly in number"
>
> Andrew Bell
>
> > Interesting.  Is there a Latin version of "twitchers" that you could
> > insert to make a wholly Latin phrase?
> >
> >
> > On 06/03/2009, at 1:18 PM, Ian May wrote:
> >
> > > mobile vulgus of twitchers
> > >
> > > Latin phrase meaning "the easily moveable crowd," from which the
> > > term "mob" originally derives.
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