goatse

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊt.si/ === Proper noun === goatse (Internet slang) A notorious shock image of a man displaying his unnaturally dilated anus. 2011, The Register (newspaper), "Scottish TV news pumps goatse link", John Oates: 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:" === Verb === goatse (third-person singular simple present goatses, present participle goatseing, simple past and past participle goatsed) (Internet slang) To trick (a person) into viewing the image. (Internet slang, transitive) To exhibit one's anus to (a person) in a similar manner to the image. ==== See also ==== trolling 4chan === Anagrams === atgoes, goes at