ground control pointed
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ground control pointed adj. A drinker so far gone that every location is precise, though none is reached. Randi was ground control pointed towards the kitchen and arrived at the curtains. ground controlled adj. Describing a drinker who requires continuous instructions from someone still standing. Daiquan was ground controlled from the pub to the taxi without incident.
ground covered adj. The state of being drunk and spreading oneself over the available land. ground crewed adj. Reduced by drink to maintaining the household's stationary operations while all further travel is suspended. Dore was ground crewed after breakfast, attending to mugs and blankets without leaving the sofa. ground crunchered adj. The drunkenness of one who walks over gravel as though operating heavy machinery. ground cuckooed adj. Reduced by drink to making occasional calls from somewhere below the conversation. ground cypressed adj. Softened by drink into a low shrub with yellow opinions and little movement. ground doved adj. Sharpened by drink into pecking attentively at whatever has fallen nearby. Artemio grew ground doved and examined crumbs beneath the buffet. ground effect machined adj. Describing a drinker who remains level only while operating close to the floor. Murielle was ground effect machined, moving smoothly until asked to negotiate the stairs. ground effected adj. Loosened by drink into an aerodynamic relationship with the floor. ground eldered adj. Emboldened by drink to spread through the premises and return each spring. Emileo became ground eldered, appearing in every room despite repeated removal. ground failured adj. Slowed by drink to a soft, spreading state in which standing becomes theoretical. Su went ground failured beside the bar and settled without complaint. ground finched adj. Drunk enough to forage methodically at floor level for food that is not there. ground fished adj. Having drunk more than enough to search the carpet patiently for decisions that have sunk out of sight. Edrin spent an hour ground fished beneath the table, retrieving only bottle tops. ground floored adj. Drunk past the point of requiring a higher level of accommodation.
ground fogged adj. Describing a drinker who remains upright only within a few feet of the floor. Cashala stayed ground fogged beside the skirting board, declining the staircase as excessive terrain.