EGOTn.
/ˈiːɡɒt/, U.S. /ˈiˌɡɑt/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards viewed as a single achievement. Also: a person who has won all four awards.See Emmy n., Grammy n.2, Oscar n.3, Tony n.1 2.Coined by United States actor Philip Michael Thomas (b. 1949): see quots. 1984, 1985.
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1984 Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.) 24 Aug. (World section) 5/2 He [sc. Philip Michael Thomas] launched a plan called ‘EGOT’. ‘That stands for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony,’ he said. ‘Hopefully in the next five years I will win all those awards.’
1985 Jet 20 May 56 Thomas..says his goal this year is to become an EGOT—winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
2012 N.Y. Mag. 12 Mar. 40/1 He's [sc. Mike Nichols] one of only a dozen or so ‘egots’, having won four Emmys, one Grammy, one Oscar, and nine Tonys.
2016 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 18 May d1 ‘I really want that Oscar,’ Lauper said. ‘I have the GET but I need that EGOT.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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