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goat

Goat

About a person, 🐐 usually means GOAT, the English initials for “greatest of all time”: top-tier praise for an athlete, artist or friend, not a jab at their looks. In a message about animals or farms, it is simply a goat. Around birthdays it can also stand for Capricorn.

EmojiSince 2015
Also called
greatest of all time · goated
Search it as
G.O.A.T. · goat emoji
Type it as
:goat:
Around since
2015 · Emoji 1.0
Shows up on
Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 🐐 means

It calls someone the best there has ever been. The initials of “greatest of all time” spell GOAT, the English word for the animal, so the picture carries the compliment. The slang adjective “goated” says the same thing: a goated play, a goated album.

Sports fans use 🐐 the loudest, but the label also goes to musicians, gamers and the friend who fixed your laptop. Because it ranks someone above everyone who ever did the job, posting it about a favourite player can start an argument as easily as a cheer.

Someone sent me 🐐—what should I make of it?

After an achievement or favour, take it as praise. A friend thanking you for a clever fix is not compiling an all-time leaderboard; it is playful exaggeration—you saved the day, have a goat. If the words around it are about losing or blame, read on before you take a bow.

Enthusiastic, informal praise; at home in fandom and friendly hype.

In a sports debate, “greatest” can sound like a challenge.

What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings
After you solve a difficult problem
“You're the best”—usually playful gratitude.
Under a star's highlight reel
An all-time ranking claim, often one that invites dispute.
Under a farm or animal photo
The animal itself, rather than a ranking.
Next to a late-December or January birthday
Possibly Capricorn, the zodiac sign, not a compliment.

Don't confuse it with

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🐏
Ram
The ram, the Aries animal, usually drawn with heavy curled horns. It does not carry the GOAT pun, which needs the English word goat.
🐑
Ewe
The ewe (a female sheep), drawn woolly. Swapping it in drops the GOAT pun unless the sender is joking on purpose.

Combination ideas

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The winner crowned the greatest.
A football player or performance called all-time great.
The same claim, with extra emphasis.

Worth knowing

  • Muhammad Ali called himself “the Greatest” in the 1960s, and in 1992 his wife Lonnie incorporated G.O.A.T. Inc. to license his name. LL Cool J's 2000 album G.O.A.T. later helped spread the acronym.

Questions people ask

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Will everyone understand 🐐?

Not necessarily. Someone unfamiliar with the English GOAT acronym may see livestock. Add “you're the best” if you want the compliment to land without a puzzle.

Can 🐐 be an insult?

Rarely. In English sports talk, “the goat” can also mean the player blamed for a defeat. If the surrounding words assign blame, that is the reading; next to praise, it is GOAT.

Does 🐐 mean the Year of the Goat?

It can. The Chinese zodiac animal 羊 covers goat, sheep and ram, so Lunar New Year greetings may use 🐐 or 🐑. Japanese and Korean calendars usually call it the sheep, Vietnamese the goat.

How to type 🐐

Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “goat”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “goat”.
Chat apps
:goat:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.
HTML
🐐
Phone emoji keyboard
Open the emoji keyboard and search “goat”.
Windows
Press Win + . to open the emoji panel, then type goat.
Mac
Press Ctrl + Cmd + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search goat.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🐐
HTML hex
🐐
CSS content
content: "\1F410";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%90
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Animals & nature145 symbols

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