What does GOAT mean?

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15 Sep 2010, 10:04 pm

No not the animal, the internet term.

I have been seeing this online lately and I have tried looking it up and all I got as a result was Go Away Troll. But the way it gets used, I am sure it doesn't mean that. I also ended up with "fainting goat" when I looked it up.

Can anyone explain what the internet term means?

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15 Sep 2010, 10:08 pm

Try Urban Dictionary?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goat

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15 Sep 2010, 10:22 pm

I still don't get it.

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15 Sep 2010, 10:30 pm

Where do you see the term used and in what context?

I initially thought of the GOAT from Fallout 3 but that may not be what you were thinking...

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Generaliz ... itude_Test

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15 Sep 2010, 10:35 pm

I heard people call Draenei space goats before.

Other than that I never really heard of goat being used as slang.

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16 Sep 2010, 1:02 am

I thought GOAT was a term for Stevie Nicks

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6e_1rIh-3c[/youtube]

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16 Sep 2010, 1:12 am

I have seen people using that term when it comes to trolls. Next time I see it being used, I will paste it here.

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16 Sep 2010, 1:49 am

Quote:

goat - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

GoAT
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[Usenet] Abbreviation: "Go Away, Troll". See troll.

http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/goat

http://www.answers.com/topic/goat-computer-jargon-1

That more like what you're looking for?

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16 Sep 2010, 3:05 am

Zara wrote:

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goat - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

GoAT
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[Usenet] Abbreviation: "Go Away, Troll". See troll.

http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/goat

http://www.answers.com/topic/goat-computer-jargon-1

That more like what you're looking for?

I learned something :idea:

GoAT = Go Away Troll
Maybe that's where South Park got that Stevie Nicks thing from :lol:

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16 Sep 2010, 1:51 pm

Whatever you do, don't search it with "SE" at the end.

Just a tip. :lol:

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16 Sep 2010, 1:58 pm

KnucklesUK wrote:

Whatever you do, don't search it with "SE" at the end.

Just a tip. :lol:

Oh thanks a lot, now I don't think I can eat for three days now. Darn curiosity why do I need to be so curious? :lol:

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16 Sep 2010, 2:08 pm

League_Girl wrote:

KnucklesUK wrote:

Whatever you do, don't search it with "SE" at the end.

Just a tip. :lol:

Oh thanks a lot, now I don't think I can eat for three days now. Darn curiosity why do I need to be so curious? :lol:

Well, I told you not to!!

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16 Sep 2010, 3:48 pm

KnucklesUK wrote:

League_Girl wrote:

KnucklesUK wrote:

Whatever you do, don't search it with "SE" at the end.

Just a tip. :lol:

Oh thanks a lot, now I don't think I can eat for three days now. Darn curiosity why do I need to be so curious? :lol:

Well, I told you not to!!

I sure won't.

I learned my lesson when somebody posted "don't ever google 'blue waffles'". It seemed like such a harmless phrase so I googled it. What I saw made me promise to listen to people who say "don't google this seemingly harmless phrase".

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16 Sep 2010, 4:06 pm

Janissy wrote:

KnucklesUK wrote:

League_Girl wrote:

KnucklesUK wrote:

Whatever you do, don't search it with "SE" at the end.

Just a tip. :lol: