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gosleted adj. Too drunk to fly straight, or to manage the stairs without a brief and surprising change of direction. Chavon went gosleted down the staircase, veering towards the wall with admirable consistency. goslinged (/ɡɒzlɪŋd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to follow the nearest person closely, while producing small, uncertain noises of agreement. Iksha became goslinged on the stairs and followed the coatless stranger towards the kitchen. goslinned adj. Having drunk enough to become small, unsteady, and dependent on a larger person for stair navigation. Loc went goslinned after supper, placing one cautious foot beside Daizee’s. gospel birded adj. You are drunk and moving with the crisp, inelegant collapse of fried poultry left on a plate. Jahvon went gospel birded on the stairs, folding at the knees before reaching the landing. gospel bluesed adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home acquires a mournful chorus and Christian certainty. Ruban got gospel bluesed and sang about salvation all the way to the taxi rank. gospel musicked adj. Of a drinker: singing in several registers at once, with the stairs providing unwanted resonance. Ifat became gospel musicked on the landing and gave the banister a sustained vocal accompaniment. gospel sided adj. Of a drinker who has chosen one side of the staircase and cannot be persuaded to change it. Rodonna went gospel sided on the stairs, keeping firmly to the left and addressing the wall. gospel truthed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every last-orders arrangement sound divinely certain. gospel-bluesed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the final round into a slow, devotional lament. Vanette became gospel-bluesed before last orders and sang softly into her empty glass. gospelered adj. Drunk to the extent of preaching the virtues of one more round to a departing congregation. gospelinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and evangelising the coatroom as though it were a chapel. gospelled (/ˈɡɒspəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat each stumble as an established truth requiring no further proof. Stasia was gospelled by the stairs, maintaining that the third step had moved first. gospellered adj. Drunk on the strength of a sermon assembled from last orders, coats and providence. gospellinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and preaching the practical gospel of staying for another. gospelmongered adj. Drunk by closing time, and peddling one final round as though it were essential doctrine. Elynne got gospelmongered and offered every coat-holder a persuasive final sermon. gospelphiled adj. Still drunk, and treating the walk home as a private gospel concert.