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In what year did humans discover the acronym “GOAT”
Feb 8, 2021, 6:50 PM
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for greatest of all time?
And did it immediately become an obsession?
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likely started in the 60's with
Feb 8, 2021, 6:58 PM
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Earl Manigault
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Re: likely started in the 60's with
Feb 9, 2021, 11:44 AM
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I believe this is the correct answer. Street legend!
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Re: In what year did humans discover the acronym “GOAT”
Feb 8, 2021, 6:59 PM
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..the earliest example we could find for “G.O.A.T.” used to mean ”greatest of all time” is from September 1992, when Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali’s wife, incorporated Greatest of All Time, Inc. (G.O.A.T. Inc.) to consolidate and license her husband’s intellectual properties for commercial purposes.
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/07/goat.html
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LL Cool J***
Feb 8, 2021, 7:14 PM
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Re: LL Cool J***
Feb 9, 2021, 6:32 AM
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^^^^^
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Re: In what year did humans discover the acronym “GOAT”
Feb 8, 2021, 7:22 PM
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The same year someone woke up one morning and said "hey let's now call the number symbol a stupid new name-hashtag"
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Legend [19889]
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It's not new, it's just British
Feb 8, 2021, 8:01 PM
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and became popular with computer programmers for some reason.
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Re: In what year did humans discover the acronym “GOAT”
Feb 8, 2021, 7:48 PM
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1964
Pontiac GTO
The original GOAT
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Circa 1964! RPO code to turn a Pontiac Tempest LeMans into
Feb 8, 2021, 8:01 PM
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a Goat: 389, 4-sp, tri-power trip deuces, and red line, wide oval, Uniroyal Tiger Paws. Plus some leaded, high octane, ESSO (“put a Tiger in your tank”) fuel!
An under $500 option then makes a difference of well over $30k now of a non “true” GTO. The 65-67 with the stacked headlights were true masterpieces!
https://youtu.be/6c-bGVt3Pp8
Go Tiger!
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Re: Circa 1964! RPO code to turn a Pontiac Tempest LeMans into
Feb 8, 2021, 10:18 PM
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The Goat
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Re: Circa 1964! RPO code to turn a Pontiac Tempest LeMans into
Feb 9, 2021, 7:20 AM
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Best car ever; my '69 GTO
350 Hp,400 Cubic inch engine, automatic but with a 3 speed slap stick, hood mounted Tach, duel exhaust ,wide tires( can't remember the name brand right off), and an 8 track player.
Top speed was rated at 180,if I recall .Top speed for me was 125 mph, while racing a Lincoln down Interstate 26 in the summer of '69.
Only had it over 100 mph twice, but this was the days of CB radios, and I constantly had it in the 80 mph while convoying.
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Re: Circa 1964! RPO code to turn a Pontiac Tempest LeMans into
Feb 9, 2021, 10:19 AM
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True story...friend of mine had a 65 GTO as his first car in the 70s. Been a gear head all his life. Had been looking for another one for 10-15 years with all the options his original had. Found one and bought it, and it had a VIN number exactly 50 off from his original car which he thought was cool.
He had kept the original "plate"(can't remember what they call it) which is something that came with the manual in those cars to identify it as "original" or something like that. He even kept a set of keys.
Turns out the seller had inverted a 2 and 7 in the VIN number and my friend actually bought the car he owned previously as a teen! This just happened about 6 months ago. Crazy coincidence!
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It has certainly really exploded in usage popularity
Feb 8, 2021, 8:49 PM
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In sports over the last decade or so. Maybe even less than that.
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The first time i really remember hearing it was in the
Feb 9, 2021, 11:48 AM
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Manning vs Brady debate right after Peyton won his first SB in (i think) 2006. Brady has long since put that argument to rest.
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Back in the day
Feb 9, 2021, 6:50 AM
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Wasn’t being a goat a bad thing?
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Yes. Yes, it was.
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Feb 9, 2021, 7:47 AM
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And now... even when a player is just really good at any point...
People use pictures of an actual goat to express this, thinking they are being clever.
It’s quite an interesting trend.
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Well, if they discovered it back in the caveman days, being
Feb 9, 2021, 12:01 PM
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the GOAT probably didn't mean much initially, probably only had to beat out a couple other clubbers for the title. 
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