It thus appears that chevon as a term meaning goat meat originated at san angelo, texas, at the june 1922 annual convention of the national [or perhaps texas] sheep and goat raisers association. The term may have first been applied to human children in reference to similarities between a goat kid's cry and a newborn's. Or, simply, as reference to the child as young, similar to use of the term pup Ò€¦