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growmored adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the final round as useful nourishment for the evening. Retta became growmored after last orders and recommended another drink for general garden health. grown-up pointed adj. You have drunk enough to earn one for locating the correct taxi without assistance. grown-up-nessed adj. Of a drinker: apparently mature until the bill, coats and final taxi require attention. Rhyana looked grown-up-nessed while organising the bill, then boarded the wrong taxi. grown-upnessed adj. Of a drinker who has had enough to mistake arranging the journey home for maturity. grown-upped adj. Having drunk enough to discover that adulthood chiefly involves finding coats and arranging transport. Ayonah got grown-upped and took charge of the coats after last orders. grownded adj. Describing a drinker who has settled on the surface of the Earth and cannot be persuaded upwards. Jakaris became grownded beside the radiator, leaving Latee to explain the delay. growniesed adj. You are drunk and treating the adults’ departure arrangements as a children’s expedition. Issobella was growniesed by closing time and asked who was walking everyone home. grownupnessed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which adulthood can be distinguished from a particularly confident child. Rinaldo became grownupnessed and requested the bar tab be put through as a learning experience. grownupped adj. Having drunk more than a child could reasonably explain, while still attempting adult arrangements. Jaydan was grownupped by closing time and solemnly divided the taxi fare. growroomed adj. Too drunk to leave the controlled room, where the body can be supported and the stairs ignored. Urith was growroomed beside the indoor plants, with the staircase prudently beyond reach. growstonesed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you porous, recyclable, and wholly unsuitable for ordinary soil. Jenielle was growstonesed, absorbing conversation without retaining any of it. growth arrest lined adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a conspicuous boundary marking where further development ceased. Natella was growth arrest lined, with her conversation stopping abruptly at the same subject. growth coned adj. Drunk to the extent of extending uncertainly towards a conversational target, with little prospect of making contact. growth factored adj. Drunk on the strength of a substance that promotes expansion, proliferation, and regrettable differentiation. Asima was growth factored, multiplying acquaintances while changing character between introductions. growth hackered adj. Drunk since last orders, and combining promotional ingenuity with questionable programming decisions. Italo got growth hackered and attempted to optimise the queue by redesigning the pub’s entrance. growth hackinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every personal defect as a feature requiring strategic distribution. Niyema became growth hackinged and marketed his apology before delivering it.