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gas ballooned adj. Describing a drinker who rises conversationally, floats above practicalities, and is lighter than any sensible remark. Areiana became gas ballooned and attempted to rise above the question of who had paid. gas barred adj. A drinker who treats the filling station as a licensed house of refreshment, and disputes the distinction. Ppatricia grew gas barred and requested another round beneath the forecourt canopy. gas bladdered adj. A drinker so far gone that depth is maintained only by altering the density of the conversation. Shaneeka became gas bladdered and adjusted her buoyancy between the sofa and the carpet. gas boated adj. The state of being drunk and powered forward by petrol, with steering regarded as an optional courtesy. Jasmien went gas boated through the supper party, propelled by enthusiasm and poor navigation. gas bottled adj. The condition of a drinker who has compressed the evening into a portable, pressurised reserve. Kaethe was gas bottled, retaining considerable force despite her compact position beside the radiator. gas bracketed adj. The drunkenness of one who hangs from the conversation at a historical angle, illuminating little. Percie became gas bracketed and remained attached to the wall while addressing the lampshade. gas burnered adj. Softened by drink into a small, perforated source of flame, spreading warmth without discernible purpose. Zamarious grew gas burnered and distributed genial remarks in every direction. gas capped adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose principal achievement is preventing further refuelling. Nyome became gas capped and guarded the bottle as though responsible for national reserves. gas centrifuged adj. Loosened by drink into separate conversational fractions, the heavier opinions settling first. Makyi became gas centrifuged, leaving technical objections at the bottom of the evening. gas chambered adj. Emboldened by drink to seal the room against ordinary conversation and fill it with poisonous certainty. Frankee grew gas chambered and kept everyone indoors for an address of dubious benefit. gas chromatographed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every utterance must be separated, examined, and regretted individually. Qwenton became gas chromatographed, analysing each sentence long after its speaker had departed. gas chromatographied adj. Drunk to the point where the evening is separated into volatile components and reported without invitation. Aaran became gas chromatographied and presented the party’s social compounds in order of volatility. gas clathrated adj. Drunk past the point of containing foreign substances within a rigid conversational lattice. Decia became gas clathrated and enclosed several unrelated opinions in one crystalline argument. gas coaled adj. The state of being drunk and volatile, giving off enough hot air to illuminate the snug. Vonessa became gas coaled and lit up the corner with increasingly combustible anecdotes. gas constanted adj. Drunk beyond variation, with pressure, volume, and judgement obeying a single universal relation. Garda became gas constanted and insisted that every further change obeyed an equation. gas cylindered adj. Drunk in a way that makes the person cylindrical, pressurised, and unsuitable for transport without assistance. Ashim stood gas cylindered beside the bar, compressed into a formidable reserve of opinion.