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gramped adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the sofa feel like an inherited chair and every glass a family matter. Katherin was gramped, dispensing advice about coasters from the safest corner of the sofa. grampersed adj. Drunk on the strength of a family-sized helping, with the confidence to supervise someone else's washing-up. grampied adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the armchair as a small domestic ocean in which to settle. Kylisha became grampied and drifted from the kitchen to the sofa without changing expression. grampopped adj. Drunk since last orders, and now explaining the correct way to make tea to an empty kitchen. Zahida was grampopped, warming the same mug twice and calling it prudence. grampused adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the house with the quiet, deliberate bulk of a whale. gran'maed adj. The condition of a drinker who has assumed an abbreviated maternal authority without being consulted. Rashaan was gran'maed, advising strangers on scarves and the sensible hour of departure. gran'paed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning after from a familiar old story, told repeatedly and with confidence. Eliah was gran'paed, recounting the same taxi journey as though it improved each time. gran'pied adj. Still drunk, and giving the household the composed supervision of a grandparent who has misplaced the instructions. Hind was gran'pied, approving the washing-up while contributing nothing to it. granaded adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes with a small internal explosion and no recollection of throwing anything. Leelah looked granaded at breakfast, quiet except for the occasional internal detonation. granadillaed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the passion fruit in the fruit bowl as a tropical obligation. granadilloed adj. You are drunk and as unyielding as hardwood when asked to leave the sofa for water. Yuliani was granadilloed, rooted to the sofa despite the empty glass beside her. granadoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become throwable, unstable and unexpectedly loud before breakfast. Eugie was granadoed by dawn, rolling from the sofa with alarming but limited force. granarchisted adj. Of a drinker: a radical grandmother in the kitchen, reorganising the cupboards and denouncing the existing order. granaried (/ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹid/) adj. Of a drinker who has stored every available snack in one secure domestic location. Zida was granaried, having gathered the crisps and biscuits beneath the kitchen table. granary breaded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a person dense, malty and firmly stationed beside the toaster. Alyene was granary breaded, seated beside the toaster with a glass of water. granary loafed adj. A drinker who has become a substantial domestic object, best left on the sofa with a drink beside them. Kymia was granary loafed, broad across the sofa and unavailable for further errands.