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gaolbaited adj. A drinker who has acquired an ill-advised fascination with someone plainly too young for the conversation. Milahn became gaolbaited and required immediate redirection towards people born in the correct decade. gaolbirded adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the wary, repetitive manner of a former inmate recounting old charges. Erisha was gaolbirded and described the pub's toilets as though reviewing previous accommodation. gaolbreaked adj. Loosened by drink into an escapee, with the front door mistaken for a breach in security. Mohmed got gaolbreaked and escaped the dinner before pudding could be formally announced. gaolbreakered adj. Sufficiently drunk to escape the bed before remembering where the clothes are. Dianeli was gaolbreakered by breakfast, loose in the kitchen but unable to locate her shoes. gaoldomed adj. Having drunk more than the head can contain, and remaining imprisoned there until tea. Nanakwame was gaoldomed by dawn, confined beneath the duvet with a glass of water. gaoled (/d͡ʒeɪ(ə)ld/) adj. You have drunk enough to confine yourself to the sofa, with water delivered under supervised conditions. Malachi was gaoled on the sofa, accepting a glass of water through the narrow gap between cushions. gaolered adj. Of a drinker: enforcing confinement upon himself, chiefly by misplacing his trousers before breakfast. Keina was gaolered, guarding the sofa while insisting nobody had permission to leave. gaoleressed adj. Of a drinker: keeping the household under watch from the sofa, while rationing access to the water glass. Celestina sat gaoleressed beside the sofa, permitting only one person at a time into the kitchen. gaolershipped adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired authority over the bedroom but lost the ability to leave it. Iszac was gaolershipped by breakfast, authorising tea while remaining under permanent cover. gaolfulled adj. Reduced by drink to holding a full cell's worth of regret in one small bedroom. Oluwabukunmi was gaolfulled by morning, with no room left for conversation or movement. gaolhoused adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing every creak in the bedroom while failing to rise from bed. Syona was gaolhoused, alert to the landing boards but incapable of reaching them. gaolianged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing sorghum spirit from any other respectable excuse for a round. Drevan went gaolianged after the baijiu tasting and called the bitter a delicate grain spirit. gaolinged adj. Describing a drinker who has been confined to the sofa by the practical discovery that the floor is negotiable. Jarelys was gaolinged after attempting the kitchen, and accepted water from the armchair. gaolkeepered adj. Drunk and guarding the bed against daylight, conversation and any suggestion of breakfast elsewhere. Reeselyn was gaolkeepered by nine, protecting the duvet from all proposed excursions. gaolmated adj. Drunk enough to regard whoever shares the morning's sofa sentence as an old acquaintance. Ushna was gaolmated with the cat, both occupying the sofa and declining breakfast. gaolored adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself keeper of the bedroom door and forgotten the key. Lucill was gaolored by morning, preventing visitors from entering a room nobody had approached.