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go-rounded adj. Sharpened by drink into one more circuit of the same conversation. Jahan became go-rounded and returned to the subject of parking twice. go-seed adj. Loosened by drink into an audition for visual appraisal wherever a mirror appears. Sherick was go-seed, auditioning for visual appraisal before the pub mirror.
go-showed adj. Emboldened by drink to request an earlier departure without possessing a reservation. Jyasia became go-showed and asked the landlord for a flight to Manchester. go-slowed adj. Drunk and conducting the remaining evening at an unusually deliberate pace. Adayah became go-slowed and took a considered minute to find the handle. go-teamed adj. Of a drinker: responding to every stumble as a separate accident requiring a specialist investigation. Kortney got go-teamed after missing the second stair and assembled a review panel in the hallway. go-to guyed adj. Describing a drinker who appoints himself the dependable man for tasks requiring balance. Ryian got go-to guyed and offered to escort everyone upstairs before leaning on the banister. go-to personned adj. A drinker who becomes the usual person to ask when a sentence will not arrive intact. Glynda was go-to personned by the third round, despite answering every question with another question. go-to-helled adj. A drinker so far gone that his trousers appear to have made a separate decision about colour and direction. Myalin got go-to-helled and descended the stairs in trousers that seemed to change pattern at each step. go-toed adj. Of a drinker who has adopted one reliable foot for all directions, including those requiring two. go-togethered adj. The state of being drunk and unable to separate movements that ought to remain independent. Yaharia was go-togethered, with both arms assisting the same glass and neither assisting the chair. goad sticked adj. Reduced by drink to a person who needs a pointed reminder before each stair. Kilo got goad sticked and required Viktor to indicate every step individually. goaded (/ɡəʊdd/) adj. Reduced by drink to moving only when prodded, and then without a clear idea of where. Zakiria stood goaded by the coat rack until someone pointed her at a taxi. goadered adj. Softened by drink into a person who can be persuaded onwards by the gentlest encouragement. Navayah was goadered, accepting every gentle suggestion to continue until the landlord intervened. goadinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a succession of small prompts, each less useful than the last. Nodra got goadinged and urged herself up the stairs one unnecessary instruction at a time. goadmanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which each limb must be separately persuaded to continue. Kellar became goadmanned on the staircase, negotiating with each knee before proceeding.
goadsmanned adj. Drunk and driving the body onwards with misplaced authority, particularly where stairs are involved.