goat rodeo
goat rodeo noun: a chaotic, unmanageable situation.
Noun
goat rodeo (plural goat rodeos)
- A chaotic, unmanageable situation.
- For example, a shooting incident had turned into a 20 police car "goat rodeo." The entire area was blocked by the multitude of police cars...1996, Barbara Isabel Hummel, Managing the world: an analysis of expressive folklore among paramedics
- Old FAA hands, who are trying to keep this goat rodeo moving in a straight line, are still hopeful that this will all shake out in time...2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism
- Synonyms:
- clusterfuck, goat rope
Examples of goat rodeo in a sentence
- I should have known after a Monday like that, that Tuesday would be a veritable goat rodeo.2004, Todd A, Being Good:
- “McConnell has zero interest in presiding over another goat rodeo,” a second health care lobbyist told me.2017, Dylan Scott, Republicans wind up one last Hail Mary to repeal Obamacare:
Synonyms of goat rodeo
Forms of goat rodeo
| plural | goat rodeos |
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Origin of goat rodeo
Derived from goat rope.
Questions about goat rodeo
- What does goat rodeo mean?
- Goat rodeo means a chaotic, unmanageable situation.
- How do you use goat rodeo in a sentence?
- I should have known after a Monday like that, that Tuesday would be a veritable goat rodeo.
- What part of speech is goat rodeo?
- Goat rodeo is a noun.
- What is the plural of goat rodeo?
- The plural of goat rodeo is goat rodeos.
Words near goat rodeo in the dictionary
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