John: It's the banks fault I went bankrupt. They gave me all those loans.
Peter: Stop blaming others for your mistakes. You're exhibiting scapegoater like behaviours.
Peter: Stop blaming others for your mistakes. You're exhibiting scapegoater like behaviours.
by FastWolf August 16, 2022
(n.) A scapegoat is an event person or object that is used to lay the blame on for all that goes wrong, regardless of the contributions of others. This will usually carry on until the scapegoat has gone, or has managed to successfully defend itself against the arguements presented to it.
The word comes from Judaism. During mass reconciliation the rabbi would bring a goat to the alter. The sins of the people would be absorbed into the goat, and it would then be killed, its' blood staining the alter until cleansed. This is what Jesus Christ reflected in his crucifixion, being a scapegoat.
(v.) to make the scapegoat
The word comes from Judaism. During mass reconciliation the rabbi would bring a goat to the alter. The sins of the people would be absorbed into the goat, and it would then be killed, its' blood staining the alter until cleansed. This is what Jesus Christ reflected in his crucifixion, being a scapegoat.
(v.) to make the scapegoat
I will not be made a scapegoat.
To be a scapegoat is to take heat.
Scapegoat was often burned, but sometimes the poor stole it and ate it.
To be a scapegoat is to take heat.
Scapegoat was often burned, but sometimes the poor stole it and ate it.
by Kung-Fu Jesus June 06, 2004
Someone with that absorbs the negative image others don't want for themselves, as most people want to make themselves look good at any cost to others.
by The Original Agahnim September 05, 2021
The scapegoat wasn't always going to be around to go to jail for the real criminals. It doesn't have to be 25 to life for it to still cost somebody time they could be doing something else.
by The Original Agahnim September 04, 2021
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