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Jun 3Liked by Nancy Friedman

Nancy! You made my day! I suspect every juror was tempted to snicker outloud when Todd Blanche used that acronym against Michael Cohen, when it's obvious his former [mob] boss is the biggest GLOAT in the history of American politics.

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I love this so much.

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Jun 3Liked by Nancy Friedman

> “goat” had been “used in American sports since the early 1900s as a derisive term for a player responsible for a team’s loss.”

Charlie Brown of "Peanuts" fame often aspired to be the hero but was always the goat. (1958 strip, but of course Schulz was born in 1922.)

https://x.com/BSmile/status/1272851128703684608

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Jun 3Liked by Nancy Friedman

Oh, and "goat" is the term for the cadet who graduates last in their class at West Point.

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Re: footnote 2--

Also see "gloaming," which I have heard only from Scotland, which refers to the last light of day. Maybe it's related to "alpenglow," which is much the same thing only prettier.

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There’s a lovely old song, “In the Gloaming”: https://youtu.be/G1RjQRHQdWs?si=79QyNi3obZAASgaM

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