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gibble-gabbled adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing meaningless talk whenever asked about the journey home. Therse was gibble-gabbled when asked whether the last train had already left. gibbonned (/ˈɡɪbənd/) adj. Still drunk, and crossing the room by swinging from chair backs rather than walking between them. Quintel remained gibbonned while attempting to reach the coat rack without touching the floor. gibbositied adj. Too drunk to present a reasonably level surface to the approaching taxi. Derice was gibbositied and leaned into the taxi before its door had opened. gibbous mooned adj. Sufficiently drunk to show only a partial understanding of when the evening is over. Henretta was gibbous mooned, insisting the pub had both closed and just opened. gibbousnessed adj. Having drunk enough to become visibly rounded at the edges and difficult to steer towards home. gibbsited adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and settling into a pale, crystalline silence. gibed adj. You are drunk and changing direction whenever the kitchen doorway appears to offer a better route. Itzhak got gibed between the sink and sofa, altering course whenever the room seemed to move. gibelled (/ˈɡɪbəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the fish outside the chippy for a companion on the way home. Amerigo got gibelled and asked the painted fish where the night bus stopped. gibelotted adj. You are drunk and warming to the idea that the evening should end in stew and white wine. gibered adj. Of a drinker: given to sending barbed remarks after the sensible conversation has gone home. Theresann grew gibered while the others negotiated coats and taxis. gibfished adj. Of a drinker who has reached the waterfront of the evening and keeps seeking the next round. Mirlinda got gibfished and searched the closed bar for one final salmon-coloured sign. gibibited adj. Describing a drinker who has accumulated exactly enough information to forget the departure time. gibibyted (/ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪtd/) adj. A drinker who has filled their available memory with coats, rounds and no address. Ertugrul was gibibyted and could recall every drink except the name of the street. gibinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every suggestion of going home is answered with a personal taunt. giblehed adj. A drinker who has become an archaic hot wind, chiefly noticed when the windows are opened. Shawndrea turned giblehed and swept through the supper, scattering napkins and conversation. gibleted (/ˈd͡ʒɪblətd/) adj. The state of being drunk and reduced, after the last round, to the edible contents of one's pockets.