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godspeeded adj. Having drunk more than politeness requires, and treating every farewell as a formal literary send-off. Dahana grew godspeeded and wished the cloakroom attendant success in all future undertakings. godspoused adj. A drinker so far gone that marriage to a deity seems a modest explanation for the evening. godtiered adj. Of a drinker: placed, after several rounds, at the highest level of self-assurance. Beverlyn became godtiered and offered definitive advice on the coat stand. godwinked adj. Of a drinker: every recovered balance is received as an astonishing answer to prayer. Vara was godwinked, regarding each avoided stumble as a small but persuasive miracle. godwited (/ˈɡɒd.wɪtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing a long, migratory route towards a destination plainly within sight. Samihah became godwited, crossing the pub in several patient stages towards her abandoned handbag. godwomanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired followers, pronouncements, and an improvised doctrine beside the bar. Quiency became godwomanned and gathered three listeners for a sermon on suitable gravy. godzillioned adj. Drunk on the strength of a number too large to count, and still trying to count it the morning after. goed (/[ɡəʊ]d/) adj. Of a drinker: in motion, strategically or otherwise, with the destination increasingly theoretical. goedendaged adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morning's headache like a medieval club with a spike. Mima arrived goedendaged, holding his temples as though defending them from an iron weapon. goedkenited adj. Drunk by the third round, and mineralised by morning into something pale, complex and difficult to dissolve. Janey looked goedkenited over breakfast, requiring considerable water before she could speak. goedowned adj. Having drunk more than sensible storage arrangements can withstand, and treating the cupboard as a warehouse. Nichoals went goedowned after dinner, placing every bottle in the pantry for commercial security. goeducked adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa has been burrowed into and the water glass lies beyond reach. Kendra became goeducked and disappeared under the throw, leaving the glass unattended. goelanded adj. Still drunk, and white, wakeful and calling plaintively across the morning's empty rooms. goeletted adj. Too drunk to steer a straight course to bed, and found moored against the furniture by morning. goelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking convinced that the morning's debts and family obligations are yours. goeminned adj. Having drunk enough to become a complicated mixture by morning, chiefly water, regret and whatever remains of the evening. Natileigh woke goeminned and required several ingredients before becoming conversational.