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gnashered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's first mouthful is met by determined teeth. gnashinged (/ˈnæʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that breakfast becomes an extended exercise in audible jaw-work. Ilicia arrived gnashinged, making a careful business of the morning roll. gnasted adj. Slowed by drink to the faint persistence of a spark nobody thought worth relighting. Henley-john was gnasted beside the fire while everyone else discussed how to get him home. gnastinged adj. Drunk to the extent of meeting the morning with continuous, involuntary tooth-work. Momodou came down gnastinged, his jaw busy before the kettle had boiled. gnat bugged adj. Drunk since last orders, and now moving about the kitchen with minute, unexplained purpose. Maikia was gnat bugged by dawn, inspecting crumbs beside the toaster. gnat's arsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and left by breakfast with only the smallest distance between intention and action. Tyanthony was gnat's arsed by dawn, taking an age to cross the short hall. gnat's assed adj. Still drunk, and operating on a scale so small that breakfast decisions become imperceptible. Davison was gnat's assed, unable to distinguish the sugar bowl from the salt. gnat's chuffed adj. Too drunk to make even a trifling distinction between the kettle, the cupboard and the way home. gnat's peed adj. Sufficiently drunk to produce tea of almost no strength, and to regard it as restorative. gnat's pricked adj. Having drunk enough to leave only a minute point of attention available for the morning. gnat's whiskered adj. Having drunk more than the smallest imaginable amount, and retaining no useful margin by morning. Railey was gnat's whiskered, measuring the distance to the bathroom in cautious stages. gnat'sed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced by morning to a person of negligible remaining substance. Nazarene was gnat'sed after breakfast, contributing a jot to every conversation. gnat-strainered adj. You have drunk enough to reject every breakfast arrangement until the tea is precisely acceptable. Ritesh was gnat-strainered, objecting to the toast's angle and the tea's timing. gnatcatchered adj. You are drunk and spending the morning making quick, fruitless attempts at things too small to matter. Ayrial was gnatcatchered, pursuing a speck across the window before breakfast. gnateatered adj. Of a drinker: breakfast is approached with the patient, specialised appetite of a small South American bird. Amesha arrived gnateatered and picked delicately through the fruit salad. gnathalgiaed adj. Of a drinker who has developed jaw pain from the previous night's determined chewing. Janely was gnathalgiaed and treated the morning roll as a serious mechanical undertaking.