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ghostboxed adj. Loosened by drink into an abandoned retail unit, large in outline and no longer serving its intended purpose. Lajayceon was ghostboxed in the corner, spaciously unoccupied despite remaining among the guests. ghostbustered adj. Emboldened by drink to claim responsibility for removing invisible inhabitants from respectable premises. Antavius was ghostbustered, clearing the hallway of spirits with a tea towel and considerable confidence. ghostbustinged adj. Slowed by drink to the methodical exorcism of imaginary disturbances, one room and one explanation at a time. Rena was ghostbustinged, pausing at every doorway to negotiate with entities nobody else could observe. ghostcrafted adj. Drunk and possessed of an exacting, wholly unrequested knowledge of detecting and working with ghosts. Erasmia was ghostcrafted, distinguishing three varieties of apparition over the remains of dinner. ghostdomed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can spiritually account for, and now inhabiting a private afterlife. Yae sat among the breakfast dishes, ghostdomed and awaiting resurrection by coffee. ghosted (/ɡəʊstd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has abandoned the conversation so completely that others begin discussing them quietly. Dykeria got ghosted and left the table without anyone seeing her depart. ghosteed adj. You have drunk enough to become socially invisible, despite standing plainly in the kitchen. Zaiyan was ghosteed by breakfast, ignored even when asking where the kettle lived. ghostered adj. You are drunk and conducting a careful search of the house for whoever has just vanished. Lyvia, ghostered by nine, inspected the airing cupboard for a colleague who had gone home. ghostessed adj. Of a drinker: pale, remote, and residing chiefly in the part of the morning nobody can reach. Marlice arrived ghostessed, with the fixed expression of someone recalled from elsewhere. ghostfished adj. Of a drinker who has washed out by morning, pale and narrow-eyed as an unwilling catch. Randy looked ghostfished beside the sink, holding water as though it might explain things. ghostflowered adj. Describing a drinker who has opened delicately in the desert of the morning after. Mays sat ghostflowered beneath the kitchen light, ornamental but poorly adapted to breakfast. ghosthooded adj. A drinker who has entered a pale, quiet interval in which ordinary life seems to pass through them. Charlie-may spent breakfast ghosthooded, watching the toast emerge without claiming it. ghosthoused adj. Drunk enough to turn the building, particularly its staircase, into a modestly haunted residence. Danari became ghosthoused and waited for the banister to answer. ghosthunted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is spent searching for evidence of last night. ghosthuntered adj. The state of being drunk and professionally suspicious of every unexplained noise before coffee. Shneor arrived ghosthuntered, interviewing the boiler about a disturbance in the night. ghosthuntinged adj. The condition of a drinker who spends the morning investigating noises that were probably plumbing.