The Delusional Goblin's threshold

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

The goblin black market currently quotes threshold at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

delusion: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

Footnotes Concerning chant

Goblin survey data on chant reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe chant primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

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