Gets My Goat

It’s “scapegoat,” people.  Not “escape goat.” Unless a goat is used in a magic act (“Who needs white tigers? We’ve got a goat!”) or is on the run from overly-handsy brats at a petting zoo (and who could blame him?), there’s no such term as “escape goat.”

Of course, when you hear it used, it's fun to imagine the speaker as livestock dressed in orange prison garb racing through the forest being chased by Tommy Lee Jones. Or maybe handcuffed in a Houdini-esque tank of water as seconds tick away. But really, you just nod in confirmation that this person's kind of a dipshit.

Practice. Get it right. So we won't have to butt heads.

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