Worst acronym of all time: GOAT

[zissou]

I kept reading Superbowl headlines today about Tom Brady "wearing the GOAT crown" or why "Tom Brady's win makes him the GOAT."

I kept thinking: "Why are they calling him the goat?" Back when I was a kid, in sports there were two terms the "hero" of the game and the "goat" with "hero" being self-explanatory, and the "goat" being the guy you blamed the loss on, a degrogatory term. That's why I was so confused. I'm pretty sure that the term "goat" came from Charles Schultz' "Peanuts" comics books, where Charlie Brown was called the "goat" when ever he dropped the pop fly ball.

So all day yesterday I was like "why are they calling Tom Brady the 'goat' when he won??" :p

[cricket]

I thought it odd when I first heard it. I like it now, but there's still a lot of people who don't know what it means.

[Chypmunk]

Personally I always pronounce it 'Go-at' (though I do still type it without the hyphen) specifically to try and differentiate it and avoid any possible Charlie Brown confusion :)

[honeykid]

Hate GOAT. It's even worse than 'winningest' *shudder*

[The Gunslinger45]

Oh good it is not just me. I hate the GOAT acronym myself.

[gandalf26]

You guys think GOAT is the WOAT!!!!! Personally I think GOAT is the confirmed GOAT!

[The Gunslinger45]

I think GOAT and I think of a scene from Waiting.

[gandalf26]

I have a username on a golf forum "WoodsGOAT" :)

[zissou]

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