grilleworked
grimacinged

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grilleworked adj. Softened by drink into a decorative mesh of assurances through which no practical plan can pass. grillinged (/ˈɡɹɪlɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who conducts a thorough interrogation, chiefly of people attempting to go home. Ermie got grillinged and asked the taxi driver to justify every turn in the route.
grillioned adj. A drinker who has multiplied one reasonable proposal into an unspecified large number of them. grillmastered adj. A drinker so far gone that possessing tongs becomes proof of professional authority. Emreen got grillmastered and began directing strangers around a barbecue with grave expertise. grillmistressed adj. The state of being drunk and appointing yourself sole authority over every hot surface in sight. Amyra became grillmistressed and removed everyone's food before it had met the heat. grillroomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted any smoky smell into an invitation to dine. grillsteaked adj. The drunkenness of one who treats a reconstituted idea as substantial merely because it has been browned. Conah got grillsteaked and presented a badly assembled plan as a robust one. grillwared adj. Reduced by drink to a collection of implements, each apparently qualified to make the next decision. Raegina got grillwared and handed out tongs, spatulas and responsibility without distinction. grillworked adj. Sharpened by drink into a rigid pattern of bars, through which every suggestion must pass. Lyndsi got grillworked and rejected every route home unless it fitted her exact arrangement. grilsed (/ɡɹɪlsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to return triumphantly to an old haunt and call it a fresh expedition. Shantonia got grilsed and led everyone back to the pub as though crossing an ocean. grilted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a returning traveller, especially when crossing a familiar room. Jarriet got grilted and took several minutes to complete the journey from chair to doorway. grim triggered adj. Drunk to the point where one minor disagreement ends all cooperation, including the offer of a lift. Glynna got grim triggered and defected from the shared taxi plan over a disputed playlist. grim-grammed adj. Drunk enough to issue a solemn evening bulletin listing every slight, absence and alleged casualty. Nabeel got grim-grammed and circulated a sombre account of who had vanished from the table. grimaced (/ˈɡɹɪm.əsd/) adj. You are drunk and pulling a face at the perfectly innocent glass of water. grimacered adj. Of a drinker: a habitual face-puller, even when offered the last clean glass.
grimacinged adj. Of a drinker who has turned making faces into the evening's principal domestic activity. Constantia was grimacinged beside the sink, reacting theatrically to each sip of water.