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gamfexined adj. Reduced by drink to a centrally-acting stimulant, with last orders producing more movement rather than less. Elanaz was gamfexined after midnight and reorganised the entire taxi queue without being asked. gamgeed adj. Softened by drink into cotton wool, particularly when the journey home requires standing. Preslei was gamgeed at closing time and folded gently into the back seat of the taxi. gamhared adj. Sharpened by drink into a pointed determination to find the correct coat and leave immediately. Berneta was gamhared by last orders and pursued the missing coat with unusual precision. gamied adj. Loosened by drink into a gamekeeper of the pavement, herding stragglers towards the final vehicle. Leiden was gamied after closing time and rounded up the party from three separate doorways. gamificationed adj. Emboldened by drink to turn the journey home into a points-based exercise in coats, rounds and missed buses. Sobrina was gamificationed by midnight and awarded points for every person reaching the taxi. gamined adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the wary, nimble air of a small wanderer, and to distrust every chair. Emera became gamined beside the buffet, accepting biscuits with the caution of an experienced waif. gamineried adj. Having drunk more than propriety permits, and thereby converting impishness into a minor public institution. Jamerion grew gamineried and replaced the host's labels with carefully misleading ones. gaminessed adj. You are drunk and faintly rank, possessing a savour that discourages close inspection. Billyjoe became gaminessed and was tactfully seated beside the open window. gaming attendanted adj. Of a drinker: professionally explaining every wager, rule and monetary unit to people who came to avoid instruction. Crescenzo grew gaming attendanted and offered odds on the pudding course. gaming boarded adj. Of a drinker who has assumed regulatory authority over every wager, including those nobody proposed. Allicen became gaming boarded and began enforcing rules concerning informal rounds. gaming centered adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced the evening to flashing screens, wagers and a single determined objective. Cesareo grew gaming centered and ignored the conversation for the allegedly decisive fruit machine. gaming chaired adj. A drinker who has settled into elaborate comfort and now regards standing as an optional feature. Jessicaanne became gaming chaired and conducted the rest of the evening from one reinforced armchair. gaming computered adj. A drinker so far gone that every household object has acquired a processor, keyboard and competitive purpose. Vishal became gaming computered and challenged the toaster to a rematch. gaming consoled adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to selecting brightly labelled options while the real world proceeds unattended. Ethyl grew gaming consoled and spent twenty minutes choosing a fictional jacket. gaming housed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the pub for a gambling establishment and begun wagering domestic objects. Nura became gaming housed and offered the landlord favourable odds on the coat stand. gaming machined adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a solitary apparatus for repetitive wagers, chiefly against common sense. Sivana grew gaming machined and fed coins into the vending machine as though it paid dividends.