From Urban Dictionary dot Com

[nox]

escape goat

Someone flirted with, obsessed over and generally courted by a person in a relationship they want to get out of in the hope that it will give them the courage and will to leave.

Jennifer was John's escape goat when he couldn't bring himself to leave Caroline. Leave a comment

Comments

[siquette]

where is the italicized text from?

[nox]

Doh! I meant to put up the link, it's part of the Urban Dictionary listing.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=escape+goat