Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goatse

/ˈɡoʊt.si/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: goatse
IPA: /ˈɡoʊt.si/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A notorious shock image of a man displaying his unnaturally dilated anus.

verb

To trick (a person) into viewing the image.

verb

To exhibit one's anus to (a person) in a similar manner to the image.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I thought everyone knew about GOATSE, but I was wrong. […] And knowing about GOATSE appears to be one of its secret membership codes, which is what Anil was demonstrating when he cheekily wore the word on his T-shirt […]"
"Sometimes communities are founded specifically around the images — Facebook has a Goatse appreciation group at the time of writing […]"
"So they resorted to close-ups of LulzSec's Twitter feed. Specifically, 47 seconds in, the message: "For anyone that doesn't know what goatse is, check it out here, it's really eye-opening:""
"For many, the experience of Internet shock sites began with goatse, a notoriously repulsive image that is considered the king of shock sites."
"I love goatseing people... :)"

Etymology

From the name of a now defunct website which first published the image, namely goatse.cx, which used the top-level domain code .cx, reserved for Christmas Island, because an attempt by an English speaker to say the website's full name would result in a string of phonemes sounding like goat sex.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡoʊt.si/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

goatses (present, singular) goatseing (participle, present) goatsed (participle, past) goatsed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

trolling 4chan

Questions

How do you pronounce goatse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡoʊt.si/.
What does goatse mean?: A notorious shock image of a man displaying his unnaturally dilated anus.
Where does goatse come from?: From the name of a now defunct website which first published the image, namely goatse.cx, which used the top-level domain code .cx, reserved for Christmas Island, because an attempt by an English speaker to say the website's full name would result in a string of phonemes sounding like goat sex.

How to pronounce goatse

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