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Get Your Goat 

Basic Definition: To annoy you to the point of getting pissed.

Sub Definition: Goat: The goat is a metaphor for your state of peacefulness. When your goat is with you, you are calm and collected. When your goat is stolen, you become angry and upset.

Notes: Getting someone's goat can not be a quick process and must be done by not being directly mean. The best way to get someone's goat is by means of clever annoyance.
SIMPLE USE IN A SENTENCE:
- I'm going to get your goat!
- I got Sam's goat today.

EXAMPLE OF INVALID GOAT GETTING:
Jeff: You're a shitty guitar player!
Mark: *pissed*

Jeff was just an asshole. That does not gain Jeff a goat.

Pissing someone off with the intent of pissing them off does not gain you a goat.

EXAMPLE OF VALID GOAT GETTING:
Jeff : Hey, how you doing?
Sam: fine, how are you.
Jeff: Good, and you?
Sam: I'm fine.
Jeff: That's good, how are you?
{repeat}
Sam: *pissed*

Jeff just got Sam's goat.

Annoying someone to the point of them getting mad does indeed gain you a goat.

COMMON PHRASES IN REFERENCE TO GOAT GETTING:
Taunts:
"Better keep that goat tied up! I'm gonna get 'em!"

Retorts:
"My goat is encased in a block of cement and buried beneath the earth's crust! He's not going anywhere."

Insults about the security of one's goat:
"Your goat is roaming around free in your front yard with a sign around his neck that says 'FREE GOAT'. I'd barely have to shake a stick, and your goat would come running."

Additional Note:
If the process of goat-getting is taking place in an email conversation, further taunting can be achieved by sending a picture of the newly acquired goat.
Get Your Goat by TwineTime July 11, 2006

whatever floats your goat

Phrase used instead of whatever floats your boat to describe that any course of action is acceptable with the person that says it. Goats are more bouyant than boats. Therefore the phrase is more flexible than boats. And better.
Person 1: I should... eat a pony. And a small child.
Person 2: Whatever floats your goat, man.
whatever floats your goat by t3hKEG December 12, 2007

Get Your Goat 

To aggravate someone.

The saying "Get Your Goat" supposedly originated from the early horse racing days, where goats were kept with nervous race horses to keep them calm before the race, and if you wanted to beat the competition you would get their goat causing their horse to become agitated and unable to race. (from: http://goathavenfarm.tripod.com/)
Don't let him bother you, he's just trying to get your goat.
Get Your Goat by sunshine1489 July 30, 2008

Who's got your goat 

The ability to intentionally annoy, agitate or otherwise aggravate another individual to a point of critical instability bordering on emotional breakdown.
Yer boss called and left a message for you. Seems like you've been accused of sexually abusing your secretary, embezzling from the widows and orphans fund and jerking off in your cubicle.
Are you fucking KIDDING ME!? I give my life to that company and THIS IS MY REWARD for 40 years of service?!
Who's got your goat?! haha!
Who's got your goat by YAWA January 29, 2021

shut your goat mouth 

Shut up but with more force.

The alternative is shut your trout mouth
-Annoying person is talking

You say:
"You shut your GOAT mouth" OR
"You shut your TROUT mouth"

whatever bloats your goat

Synonymous with "whatever floats your boat"

Idiom meaning, "Do what you will."
You're going to have sex with that chicken? Hey man, whatever bloats your goat.
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