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A bunch of collective nouns
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It's even easier than that with most people I know
They just describe multiples of individual animals, objects, places or things collectively as just ..... stuff
Flock of geese? .... stuff
A stack of books? ... stuff
group of cars? .... stuff
A planet? .... stuff
A solar system? ... stuff
A galaxy? ... stuff
A galactic neighbourhood? ... stuff
The universe? .... stuff
I think George Carlin would say that the universe is a place for your stuff.
No, it's my stuff, your shit. Whenever it's mine, it's stuff. Whenever it's yours, it's shit. ie. "Get your shit off the counter so I can put my stuff down."
Source: ol Gorgie Boy
Where else would I put my stuff?
I never disagree with ol' Georgie
When the stuff hits your stuff like a very stuff stuff, that's stuff.
Yeah I know ... like stuff ... I dunno ... shrugs shoulders and walks away
Sounds like German
plane - flying stuff
Lighter - fire stuff
Vehicle - driving stuff
lol ... I'm Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree
This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe
Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook .... 'the thing that flies'
Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik ... 'the thing that turns fast'
Do those people count "one, two, many, lots"?
I once knew a person that ended almost every sentence they could with, “and stuff”. I don’t think I’ve ever used the phrase since.
― Martin Heidegger