goat-rope
n.— «Any team good enough to get this far comes in fully aware that for several morning hours every day you will have to endure a media goat rope.» —“Giants To Beat Broncos: Simms Is Pressure-Proof” by Randy Galloway Dallas Morning News Jan. 25, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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