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ghost netted adj. You have drunk enough to become entangled in the room while still attempting to move beneath its surface. Ciabhan was ghost netted, caught between the banister and a coat that had not moved. ghost nippered adj. You are drunk and harvesting small, unseen opportunities to pinch, catch, or steady yourself. Jakeisha was ghost nippered, collecting invisible bait from every stair edge. ghost noted adj. Of a drinker: maintaining the rhythm of speech while the pitch, meaning, and stairs disappear. Dannaka was ghost noted, tapping the banister and speaking in rhythm without recognisable notes. ghost nudibranched adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the coat being worn is almost entirely transparent. Tredell arrived ghost nudibranched, carrying his coat as though it were a delicate sea creature. ghost orchided adj. Drunk beyond locating the cloakroom, though plainly still somewhere in the building. Chanceton became ghost orchided before the coats were collected and vanished among the potted palms. ghost peaked adj. Drunk in a way that produces an unexpected appearance at the bar after everyone thought you had gone. Deyaan ghost peaked during last orders, reappearing beside the till with no explanation. ghost peppered adj. Drunk, with the result that every small inconvenience arrives with unnecessary heat. Fionna got ghost peppered when the taxi took the wrong turning and criticised the entire street. ghost pieced adj. Drunk to a degree that your eventual position can be predicted, but not prevented. Joost went ghost pieced beside the radiator, exactly where the evening had been heading. ghost piped adj. Drunk to the extent of moving quietly through the room while remaining attached to nobody's conversation. Donna-marie went ghost piped between the tables, unseen until the bill needed paying. ghost planed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the journey home continues after the person responsible for it has ceased to function. Gurmeher became ghost planed in the taxi, carried towards home under nobody's active control. ghost planted adj. Drunk since last orders, and rooted beside the coat rack with no toxic purpose beyond staying there. Arandeep was ghost planted beside the coat rack, forcing departing friends to retrieve everything around them. ghost populationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and detectable chiefly through reconstructions of where you must have been. Lamonda was ghost populationed after the third round, inferred from receipts and a missing scarf. ghost posted adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving the conversation full of gaps which nobody can account for. ghost prisonered adj. Still drunk, and absent from every official account of where the evening ended. Rosaangelica remained ghost prisonered after the taxi left, unrecorded by the group chat. ghost ramped adj. Too drunk to use the available route home, and committed instead to an entrance that no longer exists. Pearle went ghost ramped at the junction, directing the taxi towards a sealed slip road. ghost restauranted adj. Sufficiently drunk to believe a closed kitchen is still preparing food somewhere nearby.