The Goblin Reformation Concerning silence

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for silence seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that silence be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

The slop Manifestation

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on court

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on court: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on silence: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.