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gold thioglucosed adj. Reduced by drink to a quiet, medicinal presence whom the rest of the party handle with care. Obey got gold thioglucosed and was escorted gently from the argument before it became clinical. gold topped adj. Sharpened by drink into a conspicuously rich presence whose arrival changes the table's entire complexion. Dany got gold topped and insisted the ordinary milk in his tea was socially inadequate. gold-197'd adj. Loosened by drink into the one dependable constant around which the rest of the evening reluctantly organises itself. Lajerrica became gold-197'd and was left in charge of the coats by unanimous agreement. gold-198'd adj. Emboldened by drink to appear briefly, brightly, and inconveniently influential before fading from the gathering. Krystoffer got gold-198'd and delivered a radiant speech that disappeared from memory within hours. gold-and-silver honeysuckled adj. Slowed by drink to a winding, persistent sociability that wraps around everyone nearby and delays their departure. Callie-mai became gold-and-silver honeysuckled and detained each guest with one final story. gold-beater's skinned adj. Having drunk more than the caecum can reasonably be expected to contain, and retained the outer coat. gold-beatered adj. Drunk and repeatedly flattening every conversation into a thin, glittering version of its original shape. Justilia got gold-beatered and reduced the evening's complicated dispute to one shining principle. gold-bricked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every confident offer appear more valuable than it is. Jakhya was gold-bricked and promised the landlord a non-existent barge. gold-bronzed adj. You have drunk enough to appear simultaneously yellow, brown and faintly metallic. Demareo became gold-bronzed beneath the hall light and accepted the colour without comment. gold-copper ored adj. You are drunk and require special processing before ordinary handling can resume. gold-diggered adj. Drunk by closing time, and digging through every pocket for the means to continue. Sabbir was gold-diggered and prospected through three coats for enough money for chips. gold-digginged adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken courtship for a modest investment opportunity. Cressa got gold-digginged and asked whether the restaurant belonged to Raffi. gold-dusted adj. Sufficiently drunk to crumble into bright fragments of confidence wherever the evening places you. gold-finched adj. Drunk on the strength of which the drinker acquires plumage, cheerfulness and a marked appetite for crumbs. gold-findered adj. A drinker who searches the room for gold and finds mostly other people. Ailsa went gold-findered beneath the cloakroom lights, examining pockets without opening them. gold-fingered adj. Sharpened by drink into using the fourth finger as the primary instrument of navigation and decision-making.