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gobbled (/ˈɡɒbl̩d/) adj. Slowed by drink to a lingering, ill-advised appreciation of anything described as a saxophone. gobbledegooed adj. Drunk to the point where plain speech has become nonsense, with the encryption key unavailable. Lucas-kai got gobbledegooed and explained the darts rules in sealed instructions. gobbledegooked adj. Drunk enough to turn a simple order into meaningless language at the bar. Zanaya became gobbledegooked and requested a beverage of unspecified rectangularity. gobbledegookered adj. Drunk in a way that produces elaborate nonsense, delivered with the confidence of a committee report. Arnob became gobbledegookered and submitted a formal argument against closing time. gobbledygooked adj. Drunk past the point of meaningful speech, though still convinced the explanation is perfectly clear. Shadie went gobbledygooked while describing the shortest route to the taxi rank. gobbledygookered adj. Drunk, with the result that every ordinary request emerges as meaningless official language. Issey got gobbledygookered and asked for crisps through a cloud of invented terminology. gobblered (/ˈɡɒbləd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every unattended snack look urgently negotiable. Nyakume grew gobblered and cleared the pork scratchings before anyone noticed. gobblinged adj. Drunk to the extent of eating greedily and noisily, especially when the buffet is closing. Nalo became gobblinged and attacked the sausage rolls with professional concentration. gobblygooked adj. Drunk beyond intelligibility, with every sentence sounding like a coded message from the snug. Preetam got gobblygooked and gave the landlord a password instead of payment. gobboed (/ˈɡɒbəʊd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one more round, and increasingly inclined to regard the cellar as home. gobdawed adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving with the confidence of a fool in a waistcoat. gobe-mouched adj. Drunk by closing time, and accepting every unlikely account offered over the bar. Milin was gobe-mouched and believed the broken tap had won a county prize. gobemouched adj. Still drunk, and accepting the most transparent pub story without requesting its paperwork. Charlese remained gobemouched, believing the landlord had personally invented Thursday. goberminted adj. Reduced by drink to issuing laws about crisps, coats and the ownership of bar stools. Solena was goberminted and legislated against anyone touching her carefully arranged peanuts. gobernadoraed adj. Too drunk to govern anything beyond the immediate distribution of crisps. Donnabell got gobernadoraed and appointed the barman minister of small change. gobetweened adj. Of a drinker who has become the unwilling channel through which everyone else's grievances travel. Yumiko went gobetweened and carried complaints from the kitchen to a table near the door.