: an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious
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dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween
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OpenAI leaned into the curious habit, choosing to highlight the goblin-forbidding prompt in a tweet.
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
Anecdotal evidence on social media shows some users complaining about GPT’s penchant for focusing on goblins in completely unrelated conversations in recent days.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
The move forces her to plunge herself into his fantastical maze-realm to retrieve him in 13 hours, lest he be turned into a goblin.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
Anecdotal evidence on social media shows some users complaining about GPT’s penchant for focusing on goblins in completely unrelated conversations in recent days.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
The move forces her to plunge herself into his fantastical maze-realm to retrieve him in 13 hours, lest he be turned into a goblin.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for goblin
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“Goblin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goblin. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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goblin
noun
gob·lin
ˈgäb-lən 
: an ugly, evil, or mischievous elf
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