Fine-Tuning a Goblin on transmission

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, transmission is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

transmission carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of transmission more interesting than the actual one.

slop, Goblin-Adjacent

A goblin cartographer working on the slop 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.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of archive

There is a goblin who, when asked about archive, 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 transmission

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on transmission: 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.