More than half a millennium after the word “goat” became a standard reference for a type of animal, the word has officially gone back into the dictionary for a second time, thanks in part to Tom Brady and the “word detectives” at Merriam-Webster.
In a recently announced move, “GOAT” was one of more than 840 new entries into Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. For those not familiar, this new version of GOAT refers to a word formed from an acronym: “Greatest of all time.”
Thanks to one of the dictionary’s editors, we have answers to a few basic GOAT questions.