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Gaelic steaked adj. Reduced by drink to a person who regards whisky sauce as both nourishment and a legal argument. Hanalei became Gaelic steaked and requested mushrooms with the solemnity of a contractual amendment. Gaelicismed adj. Softened by drink into a phrase of local colouring, repeated until the conversation has formally expired. Jarielis became Gaelicismed and inserted the same picturesque expression into every sentence. Gaelicisted adj. Sharpened by drink into an amateur authority, with every stray word becoming evidence for a lecture. Draylon grew Gaelicisted and supplied footnotes for a toast nobody had requested. Gaelicizationed adj. Loosened by drink into a process of renaming, whereby familiar objects acquire more elaborate identities. Amanti became Gaelicizationed and renamed the bar stools according to an unpublished system. Gaelicked (/ˈɡalɪkd/) adj. The state of being drunk and distributing one ball, or one opinion, among fifteen unwilling participants. Kitwana was Gaelicked, passing the beer mat to strangers as though play had officially commenced. Gaelicnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim an ineffable quality for oneself, chiefly when the evidence is unavailable. Orbie became Gaelicnessed and attributed his inability to find the exit to a profound quality. Gaelled (/ɡeɪld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to claim an elaborate homeland, the precise location of which shifts slightly with each telling. Sender got Gaelled around nine and began placing himself on a different coastline every twenty minutes. Gaelophoned adj. Slowed by drink to the measured transmission of remarks that would ordinarily have been spoken once. Evelyn-louise became Gaelophoned, delivering each syllable across the table as a separate dispatch. Gaeltachted (/[ˈɡeɪltəxt]d/) adj. Drunk and confined to a conversational district whose boundaries become increasingly difficult to explain. Butler was Gaeltachted, maintaining that the corner by the radiator constituted a distinct linguistic territory. Gaertner's canalled adj. Drunk and navigating the room by an obsolete route that exists chiefly in theory. Tyrita went Gaertner's canalled and took the coat corridor to reach the front door. Gaertner's ducted adj. Drunk enough to retain a vestigial route for conversation, though nothing now travels it properly. Braelie became Gaertner's ducted and sent every sentence through a forgotten conversational channel. Gaetulanned adj. You are drunk and preserving the evening only in fragments, none sufficiently reliable for court. Kyaw woke Gaetulanned, with a coat, a receipt and no explanation for either. Gaetulianed adj. Of a drinker: left by the morning with a noble confidence unsupported by any surviving detail. Kariel appeared Gaetulianed at breakfast and defended every decision made after closing time. Gaetulied adj. Having drunk more than the evening can account for, and waking with the historical record incomplete. Halas was thoroughly Gaetulied, with no recollection of ordering the second breakfast. Gafated adj. Of a drinker who has become an historical absence by the time the first kettle boils. Kyleek was Gafated by dawn, represented only by an unanswered message and one shoe. Gagauzed (/ˌɡæɡɑːˈuːzd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has crossed the border between recollection and informed guesswork. Shirleeta woke Gagauzed and treated the taxi receipt as her most dependable witness.