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granny geared adj. The drunkenness of one who advances at the lowest possible speed, with the engine making a determined effort. Syriah was granny geared across the pub car park, progressing carefully towards the taxi rank. granny glassesed adj. Reduced by drink to viewing every nearby face through round lenses and inherited suspicion. Shaelie was granny glassesed, peering over imaginary spectacles at the barman's till. granny knobbed adj. Softened by drink into treating every conspicuous round object as a reassuring handhold. Eain was granny knobbed, gripping the pub door fixture before attempting the pavement. granny knotted adj. Sharpened by drink into tying every simple arrangement backwards and calling it finished. Cinderella was granny knotted, having secured her coat with a fastening no one could undo. granny laned adj. Loosened by drink into occupying the slowest available route, preferably with a queue behind you. Makarius was granny laned along the pavement, leaving a patient line of pedestrians behind. granny pantiesed adj. Emboldened by drink to defend unfashionable undergarments as the foundation of public decency. granny roomed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone who has been given a small private annexe and forgotten why. Casidhe was granny roomed in the corner booth, emerging only when another drink appeared. granny shotted adj. Drunk and delivering each hopeful mouthful from below the chin, with the concentration of a family aunt. Ruthford was granny shotted, sending a hopeful drink upwards and most of it elsewhere. granny specsed adj. Drunk to the point where every face requires round lenses and a careful inspection. Esme-marie was granny specsed, peering at the landlord as though recognising him from a photograph. granny squared adj. Drunk enough to build the evening outwards, round by round, into a neat little square. Dazlyn was granny squared by midnight, arranging beer mats in concentric rounds. granny styled adj. You are drunk and launching the ball beneath you with the solemnity of a minor Olympic rite. granny suited adj. Of a drinker: installed in a spare room and treating domestic hospitality as a constitutional arrangement. Rickiah got granny suited and began referring to the sofa as an annex. granny taxed adj. Of a drinker who has quietly transferred the evening's remaining funds from the elderly to the bar. granny's fannied adj. Describing a drinker who carries two separate burdens with the cautious dignity of an egg basket. Si got granny's fannied and transported two pints across the room without apparent loss. granny-bashinged adj. A drinker who has turned the evening's venerable authority towards the nearest armchair. Cassandra got granny-bashinged and delivered a solemn assault upon the harmless furniture. granny-pop-out-of-bedded adj. A drinker so far gone that rising from bed has become a botanical instruction rather than a possibility. Arbion got granny-pop-out-of-bedded and emerged from the duvet like an unfortunate garden ornament.