To annoy someone, to make a person lose his or her temper. This term is definitely American in origin, but its precise prove- nance has been lost. H. L. Mencken was told that it came from the practice
of putting a goat inside a skittish racehorse’s stall in order to calm it down. Removing the goat shortly before the race would upset the horse and reduce its chances of winning, a ruse supposedly planned by a gambler who had bet on the horse’s losing. This explanation seems more far-fetched than
a possible connection of the term with the verb “to goad.” In any event, it came into use about 1900.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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