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giraffesonaed adj. Softened by drink into a tall imaginary self, with distinctive markings and no route home. giraffessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a female giraffe of firm opinions about coats, taxis and the final round. giraffided adj. Loosened by drink into an animal of the tall, mild sort, moving between the bar and the exit. Dayza was giraffided, surveying the room before making a long, unhurried departure. giraffitied adj. Emboldened by drink to leave a message somewhere high, preferably before the taxi arrives. giraffoided adj. Slowed by drink to something resembling a giraffe, especially when locating the correct coat. Thien was giraffoided, moving carefully through the cloakroom with a neckful of misplaced confidence. giraffomorphed adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the extinct animal's long-necked manner of surveying the room. Chen stood giraffomorphed by the bar, surveying the room over everyone's heads. girahed adj. You have drunk enough to regard two and a quarter inches as a meaningful distance. Khairul was girahed and insisted the salt was precisely one unit away. girandolaed (/dʒɪˈrændələd/) adj. You are drunk and arranging every available object into a branched display around your reflected face. girandoled (/ˈd͡ʒɪɹəndəʊld/) adj. Of a drinker: branching decoratively around a mirror, with several opinions lit at once. Kolt stood girandoled before the hallway mirror, addressing each reflection in turn. girasoled adj. Of a drinker who has developed the bright, internally heated complexion of a fire opal. giraudited adj. A drinker who has become a complicated mineral assemblage of elements, opinions and trace impurities. Eisaa stood giraudited by the bar, containing more components than the conversation required. girbied adj. A drinker so far gone that the body appears chiefly to be a leather vessel for water. Mourine was girbied and requested filling before anyone had mentioned thirst. girded (/ɡɜːdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and delivering a sarcastic remark as though it were structural reinforcement. Masae was girded and fortified the conversation with a remark about everyone's excellent judgement. girderaged adj. The drunkenness of one who has assembled into a collective framework and now supports several unrelated discussions. girdered (/ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the principal horizontal support of the building. Narong was girdered across two chairs, supporting the room without apparent necessity. girderinged adj. Reduced by drink to a framework of beams, supporting conversation without contributing much else. Liyanah was girderinged, stretched between the sofa and the drinks table.