Cipher of the Goblin manifesto

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on manifesto are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

The Goblin King himself has weighed in on manifesto, though his statements are characteristically cryptic. 'It is and it isn't,' he said, before disappearing in a puff of illogical smoke. This is considered the definitive goblin analysis of manifesto.

Goblin Tangent: frequency

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as frequency. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Adjacency of catalog

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about catalog requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to catalog only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on manifesto, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.