[toyg]

> an escape goat

Autocorrect hall of famer, there.

[gchamonlive]

Scapegoat, got it. Can't blame the autocorrect though... I honestly thought it was spelled like that, which is a shame since I've been studying English my entire life as a second language.

[_aavaa_]

At least that misunderstanding didn’t cause a nuclear accident: https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litt...

[ilikepi]

There's a name for this sort of phenomenon...

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/242/escape-goat/

[lewispollard]

Etymologically speaking, "scapegoat" does mean "escaped goat" so it's not a crazy mistake to make.