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A gaggle is a term of venery for a flock of geese that isn't in flight; in flight, the group can be called a skein.

In military slang, a gaggle is an unorganized group doing nothing. In aviation, it is a large, loosely organized tactical formation of aircraft.[1]

In colloquial Western Canadian English, a gaggle is an adjective describing a largely disorganized group of Jildos (another colloquial adjective describing a woman that tends to be annoying and lacking in her own individual opinions) putting forth discontent among all related fellows.

Press gaggle

A "press gaggle" (as distinct from a press conference or press briefing) is the nickname given to an informal briefing by the White House Press Secretary which (as used by press secretaries for the George W. Bush administration) is on the record, but disallows videography. The term can also be used to refer to the informal interactions between the press and the press secretary that occur before a videotaped press briefing.[2]

One former member of the White House Press Corps provided the following historical context:[3]
"Gaggles" historically refer to informal briefings the press secretary conducts with the press pool rather than the entire press corps....they were more or less off the record, and their purpose was mostly to exchange information - the president's schedule and briefing schedule, from the administration side; heads-up on likely topics or early comment on pressing issues, from the news side....When the President traveled, sometimes the press secretary would hold a gaggle with the press pool that travels on Air Force One - not every time, but sometimes, and always informally.


In contrast, Ari [i.e. Ari Fleischer] does a gaggle on the plane every time the President goes out of town, and a transcript is made available for press corps members who weren't on the plane. These mid-air mini-briefings are the "gaggles" you can find transcripts of on the White House website.


The nickname is thought to stem from the the idea that these more freewheeling press sessions, where the talk is much more rapid and free-form, are like a "gaggle of geese" honking. For example, the blog maintained by Newsweek magazine's political reporters is called The Gaggle; on their main page, their definition for "gaggle" when used to refer to the Washington, D.C. press, is "a flock of reporters pecking at a politician."[4]

And let's not forget the Louis family in the "gaggle of geese honking" terms from above.

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  • List of collective nouns for birds

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Bird Collective noun
Source\Origin

auks A raft of auks (of uncertain origin)
birds A dissimulation of birds
birds A volery of birds
birds A flock of birds
birds A covey of birds

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Fish, invertebrate, or plant Collective noun
Source

ants A colony of ants
ants A swarm of ants
ants An army of ants
bacteria A culture of bacteria
bananas A hand of bananas
bass
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Reptile or amphibian Collective noun  
Source

alligators A congregation of alligators
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crocodiles A bask of crocodiles
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crocodiles
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These are lists of collective nouns:
  • List of collective nouns by subject
  • List of collective nouns by subject A-H
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Flock or The Flock may refer to;
  • A flock, a large group of animals, a herd.
  • Flock (birds), a group of birds, either in-flight, or while feeding.
  • Flock (web browser), an open source Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox and the company developing it.

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Goose (plural geese, male gander(s)) is the English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than geese, and ducks, which are smaller.
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Skein can refer to the following:
  1. (Most common) Long coils of yarn or hair intended for weaving, dyeing, or heat setting. Bulk yarn is sold in skeins that often need to be re-wound into spools or balls depending on the application. A skein is not a specific unit of length.

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Military slang, or informal military terms, is a set of colloquial terms used commonly by military personnel — often as abbreviations or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporating aspects of formal military concepts and terms.
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tactical formation is the arrangement or deployment of moving military ground forces (infantry, cavalry, or AFVs), military aircraft, or naval vessels. Examples of different tactical formations are the wedge, square, column, and line.
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The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level. The Press Secretary is the primary spokesperson for the Administration. The current Press Secretary is Dana Perino.
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Presidency of George W. Bush, also known as the George W. Bush Administration, began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America. The oldest son of former United States President George H. W. Bush, George W.
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The term On the Record may refer to the following.
  • Journalism sourcing, to mean that anything in a communication may be publicly disclosed
  • On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren, a legal news show hosted by Greta Van Susteren on the Fox News Channel

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Videography refers to the process of capturing moving images on electronic media (e.g., videotape, hard disk, or solid state storage, streaming media). The term includes methods of electronic production and post production.
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The White House press corps (or the White House press pool) is the group of journalists or correspondents usually stationed at the White House to cover White House press briefings and press releases.

The press briefings take place in the the White House Press Room.
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Press pool refers to a group of news gathering organizations pooling their resources in the collection of news. A pool feed is then distributed to members of the broadcast pool who are free to edit it or use it as they see fit.
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Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.[1] Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two specifically configured, highly customized Boeing 747-200B series
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Newsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City and is distributed throughout the United States and internationally in 12 local language editions. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S.
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Washington, D.C.

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Nickname: DC, The District
Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All)
Location of Washington, D.C.
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Pecking order of animals

Pecking order is a system of organization among a flock of poultry discovered by Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe in the early twentieth century.
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