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ghost towned (/ˈɡəʊst taʊnd/) adj. Having drunk enough to render the surrounding room economically inactive, though its substantial remains remain visible. Fynlay was ghost towned, leaving every conversation deserted but conspicuously intact. ghost tracked adj. Having drunk more than the published record can account for, and proceeding along a concealed route home. Donovon went ghost tracked after midnight, leaving no reliable account of his route between pubs. ghost trained adj. You have drunk enough to proceed through the evening as though conveyed through a haunted fairground attraction. Brya was ghost trained, gripping the table while imaginary apparitions passed behind the curtains. ghost treed adj. You are drunk and displaying a conspicuous white canopy of hair, napkin or other ill-advised material. ghost turded adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a small, unsolicited accumulation beneath the furniture. ghost voted adj. Of a drinker who has made a valid contribution to the evening without leaving any public record of having done so. ghost votered adj. Describing a drinker who invents additional versions of himself to support another round. Douachee went ghost votered, producing three apparent supporters for the proposed nightcap. ghost votinged adj. A drinker who conducts the fraudulent business of assigning his own opinions to several imaginary companions. Hakam was ghost votinged, claiming unanimous approval from guests who had gone home hours earlier. ghost worded adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance acquires the authority of a dictionary entry despite lacking a meaning. Sofianne was ghost worded, confidently introducing ‘brindleth’ into a discussion of municipal finance. ghost worked adj. The condition of a drinker who performs elaborate manual tasks while maintaining that they occurred automatically. Graviel was ghost worked, insisting the rearranged furniture had moved itself during the interval. ghost writered adj. Reduced by drink to borrowing another person's voice, then defending the result as your own. Terrilynn got ghost writered and delivered a colleague's opinions in an impressively borrowed voice. ghost-faced batted adj. The drunkenness of one who circles the conversation with a pale, nocturnal and regrettably South American air. Cally was ghost-faced batted, making silent circuits of the room beneath the harsh kitchen light. ghost-lored adj. Drunk beyond ordinary recollection and relying on household legends to reconstruct the evening. Gruffudd was ghost-lored by morning, consulting the family account of vanished shoes. ghost-pinged adj. Reduced by drink to sending a message whose recipient is present but pointedly unresponsive. Niam was ghost-pinged, messaging his silent brother from the opposite end of the sofa. ghostballed adj. Softened by drink into an unpredictable projectile, changing direction without visible cause. Talim went ghostballed, drifting from the dartboard towards the coat rack without explanation. ghostbanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person excluded from conversation without being formally acknowledged as absent.