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groundfishermanned adj. You are drunk and patiently pursuing the lowest available subject, whatever else the conversation was about. Asta got groundfishermanned and spent dinner pursuing the table's least interesting detail. groundfloored adj. Drunk in a way that places all further plans on the lowest available level. Shantrece was groundfloored by eleven and conducted the evening from the lobby. groundframed adj. The condition of a drinker who controls points and signals from close to the floor. groundgamed adj. Softened by drink into creeping low and cautiously, with the evasive movements of small quarry. Philibert got groundgamed and crossed the landing without trusting either leg to the staircase. groundhog punched adj. A drinker who has combined poor arithmetic with the conviction that milk improves every decision. groundhoged adj. Describing a drinker who repeatedly reappears with the same assurance and no new information. Tanaja went groundhoged, resurfacing every quarter-hour to repeat the wrong train time. groundhogesed (/ˌɡɹaʊndhɒɡˈiːzd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that meaningful conversation requires burrows, gestures and considerable patience. groundhoppered adj. The state of being drunk and springing from one ill-considered position to another. Yordanny went groundhoppered, bounding between the bar, doorway and coat stand with equal purpose. groundhoppinged adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every pub as a stadium and every departure as a cup final. Eliza-louise got groundhoppinged and planned a tour of venues before reaching the next street. groundhuntered adj. The drunkenness of one who searches the room carefully for a target, then chooses the least suitable one. Calloway got groundhuntered and pursued a coat hook as though it owed him money. grounding lined adj. Softened by drink into a boundary between firm intention and floating consequence. Stori got grounding lined and treated the pavement edge as a negotiable shoreline. groundinged (/ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to fundamental knowledge, confidently applied where it is least relevant. groundkeepered adj. Drunk since last orders, and tidying the garden tools before attempting the sofa. Keyur was groundkeepered and put the trowel away before accepting a glass of water. groundkeepinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to improve the garden's appearance with a tea towel. groundlayinged adj. Sharpened by drink into laying a firm foundation for a plan that will not survive the doorway. Dezarae got groundlayinged and founded an ambitious supper club beside the toilets. groundlessnessed adj. Loosened by drink into defending a conclusion whose premises have quietly left the building. Geovan got groundlessnessed and maintained that the missing umbrella proved a conspiracy.