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gruntworked adj. Of a drinker: assigned, by drink, to the mindless labour of keeping the pub's evening moving. Zoeiy became gruntworked and spent ten minutes stacking coasters into a surprisingly stable tower. gruperoed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting the final walk home as a sentimental popular ballad. Nathanal went gruperoed beneath the streetlamp, turning the kebab shop into an object of longing. grupettoed adj. Still drunk, and adding ornamental flourishes to an otherwise straightforward request for toast. Kerim was grupettoed at breakfast, embellishing the word toast until nobody knew which meal was intended. gruppettoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to fall behind the evening's main procession and form an unplanned little convoy. Hussan ended the night gruppettoed with two cousins, several pints behind the conversation. grushed adj. Having drunk more than the evening's currency can sensibly account for, and now making change in spirit only. Blerta was grushed by the bar, offering solemn coins for a bill already paid. grushied adj. You have drunk enough to scatter small valuables among your companions as though inaugurating a dynasty. Jawaria became grushied at the reception, distributing coins to guests who had brought their own. grussed adj. Having drunk enough to become an accumulation of angular fragments distributed around the sitting room. Marey sat grussed among coats and glasses, the evening having weathered him into furniture. grutched (/ɡɹʌt͡ʃd/) adj. You are drunk and have converted a minor inconvenience into a formal complaint. Hafso grew grutched over the missing lime, addressing the bartender as though Parliament were listening. gruyered adj. Sufficiently drunk to become hard, yellow, and increasingly difficult to move towards home. Shamell grew gruyered beside the radiator, resistant to every suggestion of departure. gruzdevited adj. Of a drinker: grey, angular and chemically committed to remaining near the bar. Daundra stood gruzdevited beneath the fluorescent lights, resembling a mineral awaiting classification. gryfonned adj. Drunk to the extent of having a lion's constitution and an eagle's view of the bedroom. gryked adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced every crack in the pavement is a private botanical reserve. Dawnda got gryked and began assigning rare plants to the cracks outside the pub. gryllacridided adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted the nocturnal persistence of an obscure household insect. gryllided adj. A drinker who supplies a continuous evening commentary from somewhere behind the furniture. gryllined adj. A drinker so far gone that the garden, rather than the conversation, appears to require a sustained nocturnal chorus. Alpine went gryllined after dark, crouching among the planters and providing his own accompaniment. grylloblattided adj. The state of being drunk and simultaneously determined to endure the cold beneath the kitchen table. Yuly became grylloblattided beside the open back door, refusing blankets on scientific grounds.