The Goblin DNS for forbidden

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about forbidden and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting forbidden reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

The codex Question, Restated

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking codex. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as forbidden contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. forbidden remains.