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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hairy goat #22869 03/14/2001 9:28 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1 slice stranger slice stranger Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1 Recently, a senior academic at Sydney University was heard to say "I'm running around like a hairy goat". Now this could just be a Quirky Dude living up to his job description, but he insisted this was a genuine, established, if possibly archaic expression. The Linguistics Department at another university is stumped. Any ideas, folks? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted hairy goat slice 03/14/2001 9:28 PM Re: hairy goat Father Steve 03/14/2001 11:31 PM Re: hairy goat tsuwm 03/15/2001 12:14 AM Re: hairy goat paulb 03/15/2001 11:41 AM Re: hairy goat Marianna 03/15/2001 2:09 PM Re: hairy goat maverick 03/15/2001 2:16 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Max Quordlepleen 03/15/2001 6:41 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? tsuwm 03/15/2001 6:48 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Faldage 03/15/2001 7:33 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Max Quordlepleen 03/15/2001 7:41 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? wwh 03/15/2001 8:35 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? tsuwm 03/15/2001 8:40 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? wwh 03/15/2001 8:42 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Faldage 03/15/2001 8:53 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Faldage 03/15/2001 8:42 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Max Quordlepleen 03/15/2001 8:45 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? wwh 03/15/2001 8:54 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Faldage 03/15/2001 8:59 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? Max Quordlepleen 03/15/2001 9:01 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? tsuwm 03/15/2001 9:06 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? wwh 03/15/2001 9:28 PM Re: hairy goat - Julius Hirsute? maverick 03/16/2001 1:38 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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