threshold in the Goblin Internet

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.'

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on threshold, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Goblin Tangent: goblin

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning frequency

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features frequency as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record threshold as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.