The Goblin Sigil for slop
What follows about slop is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.
Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that slop is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.
Goblin Tangent: transmission
Across the goblin warrens, transmission is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
protocol: Goblin Fragmentary Material
There is a goblin who, when asked about protocol, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.
The Goblin Verdict on slop
On the question of slop, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.