Here's looking at you, kid: How the term for a young goat made the leap to children
- Posted on February 4, 2026
- By NPR
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Here's looking at you, kid: How the term for a young goat made the leap to children
Kid, meaning a young goat, is a word that was borrowed from the Vikings around the 9th century. Centuries later, it came to mean a child and a teasing joke.
