Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US milit.) a fiasco, a mess, chaos, confusion; also attrib.

1971		T. Mayer Weary Falcon 15: ‘What a goatfuck,’ I said [HDAS].
1975		E. Lockridge Flying Elbows 71: ‘[T]his dumbass ain’t no pro [...] Looks like all he wants is get himself caught Who’d pull such a goatfuck trick? ’.
1984		Spectator 252 36/3: The brutish White House press corps, drawing on a technical term from their profession, regarded the trip as a ‘goatfuck’ — defined as an uneventful visit to an obscure place.
1984		F. Knebel Crossing in Berlin 89: ‘We got a real goat fuck going here today, Mr. Simmons. Trouble is, we have a new major’.
1990		E. Ruggero 38 North Yankee 71: There seemed to be some order creeping into Barrow’s ‘goat screw’.
1991		(con. 1966) W. Kross Splash One 34: What’s a smart guy like you doing in a goat rope like this?
1992		R. Marcinko Rogue Warrior (1993) 199: ‘This is gonna be a goatfuck,’ he said quietly.
2003		E. Landers Smooth 375: In crude Navy terms the whole thing had been a ‘goatfuck.’.
2018		‘Aidan Truhen’ Price You Pay 55: ‘[H]ave you seen what you did to this Oliver guy. This is a goatfuck’.
2020		Twitter 28 Apr. 🌐 I would like to know to whom the ‘success’ [i.e. opf UK response to coronavirus] is apparent, because I can only see a complete goatfuck.
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 164: ‘It’s a goat wedding’ [...] ‘The kid’s more or less ass-fucked, for now’.