Feifei Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Feifei.
Roy And I’m Roy! I’m glad you’re here, Feifei – I’m really upset! Rob just sent me an email saying ’thanks for all my hard work and that I was a goat!’
Feifei I think that email was intended for me – for I am the GOAT. It makes me very happy when people call me that!
Roy You like being called a goat?
Feifei No, Roy. GOAT is an acronym for the ‘Greatest Of All Time’. That’s why that email was meant for me.
Roy Ahhh that makes more sense about why Rob would call me a GOAT, because I did bake him over a thousand biscuits.
Feifei Well, I’ll buy him 2000 biscuits from the shop and then we’ll see who Rob thinks is the GOAT. Clearly everyone thinks it’s me.
Roy You’re very competitive, Feifei! Plus, I baked, not bought the biscuits. Let’s calm down while we listen to some examples.
Examples That footballer is truly amazing. Every ball she touches ends in a goal. She’s the GOAT!
Have you seen the new film in the Pelican series? The special effects, story and acting are all perfect. It’s the GOAT.
My friend said that Ed Sheeran is the GOAT, but I’m not sure I agree. He’s not my favourite artist.
Feifei This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we’re talking about the expression ‘GOAT’. ‘GOAT’ is short for ‘greatest of all time’ and is used to talk about things or people that we think are the best.
Roy Yes, for example footballers or other sports stars who you think are number 1. You can call them the GOAT.
Feifei It can be a way to express your opinion. You can even use it for video games or films.
Roy For example, the film that I think is the GOAT is…
Feifei Don’t even finish that sentence, Roy! No film that you like could be considered good – let alone the GOAT.
Roy Right – well, at least Rob thinks that I’m the GOAT. I’ll go and say thanks to him for his kind email!
Feifei OK Roy, bye!
Roy Bye!