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Goat is slang for “(the) greatest of all time.”

I was today years old minus maybe a few months when I learned this, and I had seen it referenced so many times.

Some interesting reading about the term: https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2018/09/0...

This one is not particularly new. I wanna say that GOAT was new in the early 90s.

I was not commenting on the vintage of this, I was commenting on my ignorance which is where the parent or grandparent comment started from. Sorry if it did not come out right

You are one of today's lucky 10,000. https://xkcd.com/1053/

But not widespread until recently. I'm a 90's kid and I only remember it being used for sports superstars and such.

wasn't ali the goat in 70s?

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