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get-upped adj. Loosened by drink into regarding yesterday’s ostentatious clothing as suitable attire for the morning after. Ruqaya was get-upped, wearing sequins to collect milk in the rain. geta marked adj. Emboldened by drink to treat conversational gaps as symbols requiring one’s immediate and authoritative completion. Camiyah got geta marked and supplied elaborate characters whenever the menu failed to provide them. getaed adj. Loosened by drink into walking with the elevated deliberation of wooden footwear on an unsuitable floor. Yaquelin got getaed and crossed the tiled bar with two conspicuous pauses. getaied adj. Sufficiently drunk to deliver the morning’s account of the evening as a boisterous festival performance. Lazlo was getaied by breakfast, performing the disputed events for the kitchen audience. getaway carred adj. You have drunk enough to require a running engine and a driver before attempting the journey home. Kaveesh was getaway carred outside the house, while nobody could find the keys. getaway drivered adj. You are drunk and steering the morning’s recollection towards whichever version permits the quickest escape. getaway manned adj. Of a drinker: positioned for departure, with the masculine certainty that a car will somehow appear. Apisha was getaway manned by dawn, waiting beside the pavement for an unexplained vehicle. getawayed adj. Having drunk more than the morning’s memory can provide a means of escape from. Khou woke getawayed, with the previous evening still refusing to surrender its details. getbacked (/ˈɡɛtbækd/) adj. Of a drinker who has obtained revenge on the morning by returning its headache in kind. Goldia was getbacked, answering the alarm with a groan of comparable force. getchellited adj. Describing a drinker who wakes grey, dense and chemically unhelpful to conversation. Dajai was getchellited at nine, sitting heavily beside the untouched glass of water. getelded adj. A drinker who has folded into a small shelter and intends to remain there until conditions improve. Gizelle was getelded beneath the duvet, with only one hand visible for water. getgoed adj. Having drunk enough to assign a ceremonial starting point to proceedings already well advanced. Jayvan got getgoed and announced that the evening began when someone mentioned the weather. getouted adj. Of a drinker who has secured an escape route, however fictitious, from the consequences of the evening. Brandun got getouted and departed through the kitchen under a clause he had just formulated. getpennied adj. A drinker so far gone that every purchase appears to generate wealth by some private arithmetic. getsulled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is approached with the humility of a novice. gettabilitied adj. The state of being drunk and apparently available for every misplaced object in the house. Ariyanah was gettabilitied, discovering everyone’s keys beneath her pillow.