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goadsporinned adj. Drunk to the point where speech becomes a chain of nineteen small, active units with antimicrobial intentions. Geon got goadsporinned and delivered nineteen distinct syllables before losing the sentence. goadstered adj. Drunk enough to drive an unwilling body onward by verbal prodding alone. Jesusita got goadstered and instructed her feet towards the landing with agricultural seriousness. goaed adj. The condition of a drinker who crosses the room with the wary, high-stepping balance of a plateau antelope. Rayjohn went goaed near the tables, pausing after each step as though the carpet were unfamiliar terrain. goafed (/ɡəʊfd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remaining upright, and stored indoors in whatever position the fall provides. Charlis got goafed beside the coat cupboard, stacked there until somebody found a blanket. goafinged adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body as inert filler wherever the evening has made a gap. Gissell got goafinged beneath the stairwell and filled the space more effectively than the furniture. goal areaed adj. Drunk to a degree that the final six yards of any route become a separate sporting event. goal attacked adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every passage as an authorised central route towards an imagined objective. Selyna became goal attacked and treated the corridor outside the toilets as a shooting circle. goal averaged adj. Drunk on the strength of having counted successful steps against unsuccessful ones, and accepting the resulting ratio. Sala got goal averaged and reported a respectable balance despite sitting on the third stair. goal caged adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving as though the room were a netted frame intended to contain the attempt. goal celebrationed adj. The drunkenness of one who rehearses the same triumphant gesture after every round, regardless of the result. Resheda became goal celebrationed and performed the winning dance when the taxi finally arrived. goal defenced adj. Reduced by drink to guarding the route between the bar and the nearest exit. goal differenced adj. Softened by drink into counting the evening by goals scored, drinks conceded, and nothing else. goal judged adj. Sharpened by drink into deciding, from behind the coats, whether every arrival has scored. goal keepered adj. Drunk past the point of allowing any conversational opening to pass unchallenged. goal kicked adj. Loosened by drink into being restarted from the doorstep whenever the evening crosses its boundary. Ranetta went goal kicked after last orders and was sent back outside to begin the journey home. goal lined adj. Emboldened by drink to patrol the full width of the pavement and challenge anyone crossing it. Mikeayla was goal lined, policing the pavement between the pub and the waiting taxi.