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Noun
GOAT (plural GOATs)
- (slang) Acronym of greatest of all time.
- (UK, politics, informal) A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.
- 2009, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee, Good government: eighth report of session 2008-09, volume 2
- The best talents; of course he was a GOAT.
2010, Philip Johnston, Bad Laws:Lord Jones of Birmingham, aka Digby Jones, the former director general of the CBI, said that in his year in the government as a so-called GOAT (a member of the Government Of All The Talents) he found the civil service to be 'honest, stuffed full of decent people who work hard'.
- 2011, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee, Bernard Jenkin, Smaller Government: Report, Together with Formal Minutes
- One of the problems with the GOATs was that the parliamentary and political role was undersold to them.
Usage notes
- Referring to something or someone as the GOAT can indicate support or appreciation while not necessarily being literal; for example, "my GOAT" can refer to a strong preference without the context of competition and ranking. Online, "my GOAT" in particular is also used as a casual, complimentary term of address. Compare my man.
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