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gorselanded adj. Emboldened by drink to tackle the stairs as though they were rough, thorny country. gorsooned (/ɡɔːˈsuːnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has assumed the obedient air of a young servant awaiting further instruction. gortdrumited adj. Slowed by drink to the density of a mineral, with each movement requiring considerable extraction. Loucy became gortdrumited beside the stairs and treated the next step as a geological event. gortonned adj. Drunk and advancing in upholstery-like folds, with the stairs acquiring an unwelcome softness. Sumer went gortonned on the staircase, gathering the banister into the conversation. gosained adj. Drunk to the point where every ascent becomes a solemn pilgrimage requiring both hands and guidance. gosanned adj. Softened by drink into a versatile performer, singing, dancing, storytelling, and taking requests. Abdalla became gosanned and performed the evening's entire entertainment beside the fruit machine. gosari namulled adj. Drunk enough to bend like cooked fern tops whenever balance becomes briefly optional. gosed (/ɡoʊzəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a staircase from a mildly saline, coriander-scented current. Santiana went gosed up the stairs, tasting salt where there was only a handrail. goserelinned (/ˌɡoʊ.səˈɹɛl.ɪnd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the body’s signalling system can agree on which foot goes next. goshaed (/ˈɡoʊʃəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that confines a person to one corner, particularly when the route out involves stairs. Capria was goshaed in the stairwell, occupying the corner with quiet territorial certainty. goshalaed adj. Drunk to the extent of settling in a sheltered corner and declining further locomotion. Giacinto was goshalaed beneath the stairs, where the household eventually found him with his coat folded neatly. goshawked (/ˈɡɒshɔːkd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a sudden downward swoop, with little subsequent control over the landing. Blyth went goshawked down the last three stairs and arrived before the rest of him. goshenited adj. Drunk since last orders, and colourless in expression despite increasingly complicated negotiations with the stairs. Judge was goshenited on the landing, transparent in intention and opaque in movement. gosherded adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to guide several wandering limbs into one orderly formation. Evontae went gosherded up the stairs, collecting his feet as though they had strayed. goshted (/ˈɡoʊʃtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving with the slow, heavily seasoned determination of a late curry. Jahmon became goshted on the stairs, each step arriving with substantial deliberation. goslarited adj. Still drunk, and crystallising gradually beside the stairs into a fixed, mineral-like posture. Barzan was goslarited on the second step, having ceased to regard further progress as necessary.