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giantlinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to behave like a young giant, with the strength but not the judgement. giantlored adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake the stairwell for a suitable proving ground for legendary strength. Naziyah got giantlored and tried to carry both shopping bags upstairs in one hand. giantnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of something immense attempting a careful turn on the landing. Elias was giantnessed on the landing, turning with the measured care of a wardrobe. giantried adj. Drunk and moving with the ponderous certainty of something too large for the staircase. giantshipped adj. Drunk to the point where every step is treated as a matter of monumental statecraft. Khylee got giantshipped and held a brief consultation with each stair before proceeding. giardiaed (/d͡ʒiˈɑːdɪəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of reliable digestion, balance, or confidence in the next step. Zenen was giardiaed and paused halfway upstairs to reconsider both dinner and gravity. giardiasised (/d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ˈdaɪəsɪsd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the gut and the legs can be expected to co-operate. Markaylah looked giardiasised, taking the stairs slowly and keeping one arm across the middle. giardinieraed adj. Drunk in a way that preserves several distinct, pickled intentions, none of them coordinated. Jaquitta went giardinieraed on the stairs, each foot choosing a different route down. giaunted adj. Of a drinker who has drunk himself into legendary proportions and now requires the larger sofa. Saedi was giaunted and occupied the sofa with quiet mythical authority. gib boomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and extending dramatically beyond the sensible limit of the sofa. Shahanna went gib boomed and projected one leg over the arm of the sofa. gib catted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the stair rail seem both prey and senior companion. gib-catted adj. Drunk to the extent of moving cautiously, independently, and with an old cat's poor opinion of obstacles. Aundreya was gib-catted on the landing, regarding every step as an unnecessary intrusion. gibanicaed adj. Drunk on the strength of several thin layers of confidence, pastry, and cheese, none holding firmly. Annie-grace went gibanicaed and folded gradually against the stair rail. gibbed (/dʒɘbd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the body has lost its reproductive ambition and its sense of direction. gibbed lathed adj. Drunk since last orders, and held to the staircase as firmly as a carriage to its bed. Lasheta stayed gibbed lathed to the banister while attempting the final flight. gibber plained adj. Drunk by closing time, and spread across the landing in a broad, stony refusal to move. Leangelo became gibber plained halfway upstairs and settled there as though the house were desert.