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- Dictionarygoat/ɡəʊt/
noun
- 1. a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.
- 2. a lecherous man. Similar
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Sep 22, 2022 · GOAT, as a word used in reference to “Greatest of All Time,” had its origin in an expected place: Muhammad Ali. In Sept. 1992, Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali’s wife, incorporated G.O.A.T. Inc. This company was used as an umbrella for all of the former boxer’s intellectual properties being used for commercial purposes.
Attempts to connect the goat in the phrase with the scapegoat of Hebrew tradition; with the word goad, "to anger, irritate"; and to an old French phrase prendre la chèvre, literally meaning "to take the goat," which dates back to the 16th century and certainly took a long time making the journey to America if it is the source of our expression.
Goat-footed has a dual meaning. The Greek god Pan had a human male head and torso and goat's horns, feet and tail. All the forest gods were lustful and drunken. This is probably where the slang word "horny" came from. Goats are extremely nimble and can climb and descend steep,rocky paths without slipping. Sure-footed.
Aug 29, 2014 · To designate a small amount of money or income, one said it was just goat's droppings (tsigene bobkes). Perhaps it all goes back to scriptural authority. Here it appears that the word tsigene (“goat”) was included in the phrase tsigene bobkes to mean “goat droppings” because bobkes alone would have been understood simply as “beans.”
Mar 17, 2018 · ODO gives 'scapegoat: a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency' and Collins gives 'sacrificial lamb: If you refer to someone as a sacrificial lamb, you mean that they have been blamed unfairly for something they did not do, usually in order to protect another more powerful person or group' as the most common usages nowadays.
Nov 9, 2020 · A mysterious bird of night, bearing the sombre colours of the reed and the night upon his body, and bearing in his record the legend of goat-sucker, the etymology of which I think is at fault, unless, indeed, the goat-hawk moth was meant, and the bird originally called "goat-hawk sucker," and subsequently "goat-sucker;" but the Broadsmen know ...
The meat of an adult sheep is called mutton.. The meat of an adult goat is called chevon or mutton.. In the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, and in some parts of Asia, particularly Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India, the word “mutton” is often used to describe both goat and sheep meat, despite its more specific meaning (limited to the meat of adult sheep) in the UK ...
Aug 30, 2016 · 4. The idiom, whatever floats your boat, could refer to the American slang, floating, meaning high or intoxicated by drugs. The term “whatever” also hints that the speaker is indifferent to the outcome or choice about to be made. The following extract is from the website businessballs.com, run by Alan Chapman.
While reading the Jack Higgins novel “The Eagle Has Landed” (1975) I came across the phrase “ Judas gate ”. Research on-line indicates he is rather fond of the word, going to the point of naming another book by it. His fascination with the word is discussed in a letter. " Judas gates constantly surface in my book and people have often ...
Mar 10, 2015 · Meaning "polish given to a pair of boots" is from 1871. Derogatory meaning "black person" is from 1908 (perhaps from glossiness of skin or, on another guess, from frequent employment as shoeshines). Phrase to take a shine to "fancy" is American English slang from 1839, perhaps from shine up to "attempt to please as a suitor."
