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giant elked adj. Describing a drinker who stands proudly in the doorway, with no recollection of entering it. Quanita went giant elked and held the doorway against an entirely imaginary herd. giant elliptical galaxied adj. A drinker who has become the pub's massive central body, drawing every loose conversation into orbit. Looney got giant elliptical galaxied and acquired three conversations without leaving the bar. giant fennelled adj. A drinker so far gone that every tall object becomes a suitable walking stick. Beres got giant fennelled and used the umbrella stand to reach the snug. giant forest geneted adj. The state of being drunk and slipping quietly between conversations, carrying gossip from each. Saberina went giant forest geneted, appearing beside every table without being summoned. giant forest hogged adj. The condition of a drinker who has claimed the largest available space and defended it by snoring. Matin was giant forest hogged across the largest chair, defending the territory by sustained snoring. giant frogged adj. The drunkenness of one who answers ordinary questions with a large, damp croak. Kieva became giant frogged when asked whether she wanted chips. giant green slantfaced adj. Reduced by drink to a sideways green expression, with the forehead doing most of the speaking. giant grenadiered adj. Drunk by the third round, and extending the conversation into a long, pointed tail. Shanella became giant grenadiered, eventually trailing one sentence through the entire supper. giant groundselled adj. Drunk by closing time, and towering botanically over the remains of the bar snacks. Bailin stood giant groundselled beside the till, monumental and faintly aromatic. giant hermit crabbed adj. Still drunk, and conducting the remainder of the evening from borrowed accommodation. Caroll-ann remained giant hermit crabbed inside a coat that was not hers. giant hogweeded adj. Too drunk to notice that ordinary conversation has become a hazardous botanical infestation. giant house spidered adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy the largest available corner and make every route home seem intricate. Morven became giant house spidered beneath the stairs, where several journeys began and ended. giant hyenaed adj. Having drunk enough to laugh archaeologically, with the force and social delicacy of a vanished predator. Juanna went giant hyenaed and excavated the same joke from three separate conversations. giant hyssopped adj. Having drunk more than the evening required, and becoming herbaceous, aromatic and unexpectedly devotional. giant isopoded adj. You have drunk enough to become enormous, marine and content to remain at the bottom of things. Shaeli became giant isopoded beneath the table, where the evening’s depths appeared manageable. giant kelped adj. You are drunk and swaying with the solemn, underwater dignity of a very large plant.