GOAT
noun/ɡəʊt/
/ɡəʊt/
[singular] (informal)- the best person ever in a particular field, especially a sport (the abbreviation for ‘greatest of all time’)
- There's no doubt he's the GOAT, but someone's going to beat him one day.
Word Origin1990s: acronym from Greatest of All Time: the full expression was used by the boxer Muhammad Ali in the 1960s in reference to himself.Want to learn more?
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