Where did the “Get Your Goat” expression originate?
Boxing journalists were among the first to popularize the expression. According to the American Dialect Society, the following was included in the Kansas City Star, Nov. 22, 1905, p. 21: “No, none of them can punch like Corbett. He got my goat that day and he got it good.”
Boxing journalists were among the first to popularize the expression. According to the American Dialect Society, the following was included in the Kansas City Star, Nov. 22, 1905, p. 21: “No, none of them can punch like Corbett. He got my goat that day and he got it good.”