As most any naturalist with a healthy interest in words does, I’ve long enjoyed the past-time of venereal – or collective – nouns. From the traditional, widely known, and more-or-less official – an exhalation of larks, a school of fish, a pack of wolves – to the playful and decidedly unofficial – an aroma of […]
You’ve likely heard different animals referenced in regard to economic phenomena (bull market, bear market, black swan, etc.), but have you ever wondered how and why the jargon of business and finance has come to associate certain animals with different occurrences, trends, and entities?