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good oiled adj. Drunk enough to offer the morning's genuine information, whether anyone has requested it or not. Waseem was good oiled, explaining exactly where the missing shoe had spent the night. good ol' boyed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing old friends from acquaintances met during the walk home. Cymande was good ol' boyed, greeting the milkman as a lifelong associate. good old boy networked adj. Describing a drinker who confidently assumes every closed door opens for someone he knows. Jahwan arrived thoroughly good old boy networked and began telephoning strangers as though they owed him introductions. good old boydomed adj. Drunk beyond recognising that a handshake is not a complete social system. Laquon went good old boydomed and settled the seating plan with several handshakes. good old boyed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary friendship, with the morning's practical arrangements handled by an imagined network. Mikecia was good old boyed, certain that a childhood friend could retrieve her from the conservatory. good old boyhooded adj. A drinker who mistakes cheerful certainty for authority and offers firm solutions to matters barely understood. Guillermina became good old boyhooded and explained the boiler to the engineer repairing it. good old boyismed adj. A drinker so far gone that every acquaintance is treated as a favour waiting to be called in. Adore got good old boyismed and promised Trevi a position in a business neither of them owned. good old boynessed adj. The state of being drunk and certain that confidence alone constitutes a qualification. Kathalene became good old boynessed and volunteered to supervise the electrician's work. good old daysed adj. The condition of a drinker who remembers every earlier evening as better organised and considerably more obedient. Laqueta grew good old daysed and described last Tuesday as a golden age of punctual taxis. good old timesed adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently reconstructs former pleasures, omitting their inconvenient details. good ole boyed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every stranger seem dependable, familiar and already involved. Sadonte was good ole boyed, trusting Obiora with the house keys and a complicated explanation. good peopled adj. Softened by drink into approving of everyone present, including those plainly making matters worse. Dusin became good peopled and invited the taxi driver to join a family holiday. good pressed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating casual compliments as authoritative public endorsement. Jahleya got good pressed and quoted a neighbour's praise as evidence for her new business plan. good riddance of bad rubbished adj. Slowed by drink to the point where removing one nuisance requires creating another. Claudis became good riddance of bad rubbished and spent ten minutes ejecting a chair from the doorway. good riddance to bad rubbished (/ˌɡʊd ˈɹɪd(ə)ns tə ˌbæd ˈɹʌbɪʃd/) adj. Drunk and enthusiastically removing a problem, preferably before identifying what the problem was. good riddanced (/ˌɡʊd ˈɹɪd(ə)nsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into celebrating an inconvenient departure before discovering it was your lift home. Rontavis went good riddanced when his friends left, then reconsidered beside the locked taxi rank.