goatherded
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goatherded adj. Sharpened by drink into a competent-looking guide whose flock has plainly chosen another direction. Reshawn got goatherded and confidently marshalled everyone towards the closed entrance. goatherdered adj. Loosened by drink into someone attempting to organise a group that has no intention of being organised. Otsie went goatherdered and assigned Kashef a route neither of them could remember.
goatherdessed adj. Emboldened by drink to give firm pastoral instructions to people who have not requested them. Janeidy got goatherdessed and ordered the entire table towards the nearest source of fresh air. goathooded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a creature that has forgotten whether it is going anywhere. goathoused (/ɡəʊthaʊsd/) adj. Drunk and sheltering from an entirely manageable evening as though the nearest building were a sanctuary. Merelene got goathoused and refused to leave the porch until the pavement settled down. goatinessed adj. Drunk to the point where every decision acquires a faintly pastoral confidence and a smell of poor timing. Elsiemae became goatinessed and appointed herself guardian of the unattended coat pile. goatinged adj. Drunk enough to assign responsibility with confidence, provided the responsible party is not oneself. Jazmen got goatinged and blamed the missing umbrella on everyone except the person holding it. goatishnessed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising obstinacy as a personal quality rather than a sound policy. Seher went goatishnessed and rejected the sensible route because it had been suggested first. goatkeepered adj. Drunk beyond the point where supervising a group seems easier than admitting you have lost it. Myleah got goatkeepered and conducted a headcount that omitted herself twice. goatkinded adj. Of a drinker who has gathered the household round the kitchen table as though it were a herd. Caysi got goatkinded and attempted to organise the family around the kettle. goatleted adj. Drunk beyond adult supervision, with the social confidence and judgement of a small kid. Nicoly was goatleted and attempted to join a christening party at the next table. goatlinged adj. Describing a drinker who has become small, inquisitive and inclined to investigate the cupboard. Caroly went goatlinged and spent ten minutes examining the lower kitchen shelves. goatmeated adj. A drinker who has acquired the dense, savoury certainty that a late meal is essential. Shounda got goatmeated and began preparing a serious sandwich at half past midnight. goatmilked adj. Sufficiently drunk to emerge the next morning pale, warm and requiring gentle handling. goatpoxed adj. A drinker so far gone that every small blemish on the morning feels communicable. Abeera woke goatpoxed and inspected the glass for evidence of further symptoms.
goatrelled adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to the quiet, impractical scale of a kid asleep on the sofa. Djenne became goatrelled beneath the throw before anyone had found the spare blanket.