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gray silvered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person looking like an obsolete mineral specimen of uncertain value. Juwell grew gray silvered and appraised the cutlery as though cataloguing an old ore. gray soled adj. Drunk, with the result that every route home appears to lead through the North Atlantic. Braith became gray soled and proposed reaching the station by following the tide. gray squirrelled adj. Drunk to the extent of hiding snacks along the western coast of the room for later retrieval. Leum became gray squirrelled and placed crisps behind every cushion before sitting down. gray taped (/ˈɡɹeɪˌteɪpd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an improvised repair which has become the governing principle of the evening. Vernece grew gray taped and attempted to mend the party's disagreement with adhesive. gray tealed adj. Drunk to the extent of dabbling in every conversation, then retreating to the nearest open water. gray towned adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the entire locality as a place where enjoyment has been prohibited. gray tree frogged adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of producing a sudden, well-camouflaged croak. Jabaar was gray tree frogged by the third round and answered the toast from behind the fern. gray treefroged adj. Drunk by closing time, and remarkably adhesive to the nearest vertical surface. Cesur was gray treefroged, attached to the doorframe when the landlord announced closing. gray triggerfished adj. Still drunk, and reacting to minor social contact with a disproportionate display of finicky aggression. Ziqi remained gray triggerfished, objecting sharply when anyone approached the unattended olives. gray watered adj. Drunk since last orders, and murky about what has been washed, where, and with what. Dennisse got gray watered and rinsed the same glass four times without improving it. gray whaled adj. Slowed by drink to a heavy, grey passage through breakfast, surfacing only for tea. Jamil came downstairs gray whaled, moving past the kitchen like something from colder seas. gray wolfed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the household for a territory requiring solitary patrol and occasional howling. Lucele became gray wolfed and guarded the hallway from visitors who had been invited. gray zorroed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with civilisation, and now operating chiefly by moonlight near the bins. Jazmina became gray zorroed and slipped into the garden to negotiate with the rubbish bags. gray-A'd adj. Drunk to the point where last night's uncertainties have become a tolerable shade between yes and no. Euguene woke gray-A'd, declining breakfast without quite declining the offer of another coffee. gray-box testinged adj. Of a drinker: examining every internal mechanism while operating at the level of a person asking for the bathroom. Earstine became gray-box testinged and investigated the pub's payment system while ordering water. gray-necked buntinged adj. Drunk enough to sit hunched and small at breakfast, with a conspicuous streak of colour at the throat. Lendel looked gray-necked buntinged, pecking at toast and guarding the warmest chair.