Related perhaps to _goat rodeo_: -_goat-roper_, in Hist. Dict. Of Am. Slang, p. 911: "an unsophisticated rustic." Earliest quote (e.q.) is from _Current Slang_ (1968-70) "An agriculture student." David Barnhart at highlands.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org