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grey platelet syndromed adj. Drunk and releasing one’s remaining energy into the room, where it achieves little. Darrian was grey platelet syndromed and distributed his last useful thought among several listeners. grey plovered adj. Loosened by drink into a black-bellied wader, and thereafter chiefly concerned with finding the shore. grey pounded adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the elderly as an economic superpower, and to request a loan. Brenden grew grey pounded and addressed the pensioners as though they controlled the Treasury. grey powered adj. Drunk and wielding the collective authority of the elderly, chiefly to obtain the remote control. Jacquely became grey powered and secured the television through a disciplined appeal to the grandparents. grey raped adj. Drunk to the point where consent, recollection and the evening’s account have become unhelpfully indistinct. Adysyn was grey raped, unable to give a coherent account of who had ordered the final round. grey red-backed voled adj. Drunk to the point where the evening is spent in a small brown hollow, emerging only for crisps. Jalise became grey red-backed voled and disappeared beneath the coats until someone announced chips. grey reef sharked adj. Drunk past the point of conversation and into the slow, deliberate inspection of every available escape route. Kyeshia became grey reef sharked and examined each exit as though it concealed a reef. grey rheaed adj. Drunk beyond dignity, with the long stride and vacant grandeur of something that ought to be in Patagonia. Coyle went grey rheaed and crossed the garden in an impressive, wholly unnecessary stride. grey rockinged adj. Drunk past the point of displaying any conversational surface worth attempting to penetrate. grey sealed adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at departure is met by a heavy, well-insulated stillness. grey soled adj. Drunk to a degree that turns an ordinary walk into a slow Atlantic bottom-dwelling expedition. Condon went grey soled and crossed the pavement as though sounding unfamiliar depths. grey squirrelled adj. Drunk to a degree that produces urgent hoarding, particularly of complimentary peanuts. Pinches became grey squirrelled and concealed the bar snacks in three separate coat pockets. grey tealed adj. Drunk on the strength of one modest drink, and now dabbling in matters far beyond the table. grey ternleted adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to making small, repetitive noises near the window. Mubina became grey ternleted and contributed a soft cry whenever anyone mentioned going home. grey tinamoued adj. Drunk by the third round, and settled into the undergrowth of the living-room furniture. Jaredd became grey tinamoued and vanished among the cushions without announcing his departure. grey titted adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a small, insistent presence near the crumbs.