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- noun A scapegoating
- noun An event at a fraternal organization, derived from scapegoating
- verb Present participle of
goat .
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Examples
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A burlesque "goating," a ball game, an aeroplane flight, a dance by the german club, a second ball game, a german by the Eli Bananas, a third ball game, a german by the Tilkas, a track meet, a german by Beta
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Obama supporters, stop letting the angry Hillary supporters (and Republican imposters) keep goating you into responding.
Polls: Obama up by 4 2008
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May 29th, 2008 12: 48 pm ET senator obama, looks like a picture of help. looking foward to seeing him in the white house. as for the trip to iraq, that mccain goating him into this trip.
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I humbly suggest the prejudices mostly come from centuries-old myths and scape-goating.
Will Congress Criminalize Anti-Semitism and Israeli Criticism? 2009
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Pigott's widow Susan is now suing the NYPD and Kelly, claiming that he, his spokesman Paul Browne and other unnamed top commanders caused her husband's suicide by scape-goating him for Morales 'death.
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In an interview with Ajong Mbapndah L, for PAV, Dr Akec dwells on the complexities of the indictment, a deeper understanding of the conflict in Darfur, scape-goating International NGOs, past and ongoing efforts to resolve the conflict and more.
Sudanese Ambassador to the USA Says indicting President Bashir will not resolve conflict in Darfur Ajong77 2009
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Getting rid of Cox seems more like scape-goating, than any kind of real solution.
McCain's Spain-Gaffe Interviewer: McCain Not Confused, Just Ducking Question 2009
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This seems much more like political scape-goating than any serious attempt to solve the problem.
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And they had learned a deep passion about the risks of xenophobia, the 'scape-goating' and, one of them in particular said, that it had changed the whole sense of what he wanted to do with his, with his career.
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It's another thing entirely, to insult our intelligence, day after day, week after week with whining, complaining, finger pointing, scape-goating, and fear mongering, on a level that would make Richard Nixon, blush.
Hillary Hits Critics For Taking Her RFK Assassination Remarks "Out Of Context" 2009
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