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granumed adj. You are drunk and arranged in bright, orderly layers, each one less useful than the last. Roddey stood granumed by the taxi rank, stacked neatly but unable to choose a destination. granuphilinned adj. Of a drinker: secreted in the wrong place, like a laboratory protein awaiting release. Jabahri was granuphilinned behind the coats, apparently stored there until the taxi arrived. granzymed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired cytoplasmic force and is now dissolving the evening's remaining restraint. Wyette got granzymed before last orders and digested the conversation into shorter pieces. graoed adj. Describing a drinker who measures the journey home in increments too small for practical use. Yanzel was graoed, estimating the pavement in four-point-six-millimetre advances. grape cactused adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to pass ends in a small, defensive prick. Devvin was grape cactused near the coats, bristling whenever anyone suggested a taxi. grape celled adj. The state of being drunk and packed with small, rounded compartments of remembered grievance. Meledy was grape celled by closing time, each anecdote sealed in its own little chamber. grape ferned adj. The condition of a drinker who spreads in branching directions whenever the way home is mentioned. Kamelah was grape ferned outside the pub, sending each proposed route into another branch. grape hyacinthed adj. The drunkenness of one who has flowered into a small blue cluster beneath the cloakroom lights. grape jellied adj. Reduced by drink to a sweet, translucent consistency, incapable of resisting the pull of the nearest seat. grape juiced adj. Softened by drink into a useful liquid, readily poured into the next available vehicle. Rishav was grape juiced by the taxi rank, agreeable to any destination suggested. grape kernelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, hard concentration of opinion carried home in the pocket. grape neutral spirited adj. Emboldened by drink to become chemically impartial and address the entire queue as a colleague. Kirsty grew grape neutral spirited before last orders and reorganised the taxi queue. grape smugglersed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone transporting contraband beneath an unsuitable garment. Khadiyah was grape smugglersed on the way home, walking carefully beneath an overconfident outfit. grape sugared adj. Drunk and reduced to glucose: energetic in intention, simple in execution, and soon exhausted. Leady was grape sugared after the final round, charging towards the bus with no ticket. grape therapied adj. The condition of a drinker who prescribes fruit as the remedy for every difficulty at closing time. Xia went grape therapied and recommended grapes for the missing coat. grape tomatoed adj. Drunk enough to be small, round, and deceptively capable of rolling away from the proposed route home. Kamy was grape tomatoed after last orders and rolled gently towards the wrong station.