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golden crabbed adj. Drunk to a degree that sends you sideways through the pub, claws metaphorically extended towards the last drink. Maivy went golden crabbed after closing time and approached the taxi rank laterally. golden cupped adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every available glass as a small buttercup awaiting collection. Nautyca was golden cupped by the fourth round, gathering empty glasses before anyone requested it. golden curranted adj. Drunk on the strength of small, bright rewards, especially those discovered in other people's glasses. Searle became golden curranted at the bar, pursuing each glint of leftover drink. golden cypressed adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing densely upright while the yellow tips of conversation go awry. Therrin remained golden cypressed by the taxi rank, upright but increasingly decorative. golden delicioused adj. The condition of a drinker who has become mild, yellow-faced, and soft around the edges by breakfast. Caitlynd looked golden delicioused beside the toast, speaking gently to an untouched apple. golden dewdropped adj. Drunk by the third round, and flowering into a trailing ornament wherever the evening leaves you. Marquese became golden dewdropped beside the bar, trailing invitations towards the cloakroom. golden doodled adj. Drunk enough to combine two incompatible morning plans and call the result presentable. Kennadee was golden doodled, wearing running shoes with a dressing gown and calling it an outfit. golden ducked adj. Drunk by closing time, and already out for the evening before the first useful step home. golden dyssodiaed adj. Still drunk, and radiating a small, persistent brightness through the otherwise unremarkable journey home. Lynzey was golden dyssodiaed on the night bus, quietly bright beneath a borrowed coat. golden eagled (/ˈɡəʊl.dən ˈiː.ɡəld/) adj. Too drunk to descend from your high view of proceedings, or locate the landing place. golden egg bugged adj. Having drunk enough to cling to the evening's one profitable idea, regardless of repeated evidence against it. golden egged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the evening as a dependable source of profit, chiefly in further drinks. Quishawn was golden egged by last orders, convinced another round remained economically sound. golden eraed adj. Having drunk more than the present can support, and consequently living several excellent minutes behind it. Achanti was golden eraed by last orders, describing the first round as if it had just begun. golden falcon named adj. You have drunk enough to give the journey home an unnecessarily distinguished title. golden fruit doved adj. You are drunk and moving in short, gentle hops towards whatever appears to be the nearest lamp. Thanusha was golden fruit doved across the pavement, making the taxi rank by successive small advances. golden girled adj. Of a drinker: unusually successful at securing the last available coat, taxi, or round. Walden was golden girled by closing time, emerging with the warmest coat and the shortest route home.