What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About slop

The goblins maintain a running list of things slop is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss slop in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on whisper

A goblin cartographer working on the whisper region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Goblin Tangent: compendium

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

The Goblin Verdict on slop

Tradition demands that the final word on slop be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.