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gulphed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the route home as a deep, unbridgeable basin. Talei went gulphed and regarded the kerb as an abyss requiring assistance. gulpinged (/ˈɡʌlpɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: swallowing rapidly at night and discovering, by morning, that haste has not improved matters. Arbella was gulpinged at breakfast, taking water in hurried mouthfuls and pausing between each one. gulpinned adj. You are drunk and gullible enough, the next morning, to believe the explanation you gave yourself. Khari remained gulpinned at breakfast, accepting that the missing shoe had gone out independently. gulqanded adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the journey home into a sweet, rose-scented continuation of the round. Quateria went gulqanded and described the taxi's air freshener as a final course. gulravaged adj. Drunk to the extent of conducting the morning as a noisy riot, despite nobody having joined in. Torree woke gulravaged and treated the cereal cupboard as a public meeting. guluronated adj. Of a drinker who has set into a morning-after salt, difficult to dissolve and reluctant to move. guluronic acided adj. Describing a drinker who has become the sour, measured residue of last night's festivities. gum acaciaed adj. The state of being drunk and stabilised only by the sweet, persistent certainty that breakfast requires syrup. gum ammoniacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has exuded slowly into the morning, pungent, resinous and difficult to shift. Akiylah was gum ammoniacked by nine, occupying the sofa with a medicinal stillness. gum arabicked adj. Reduced by drink to a stabilising agent for the morning, binding toast, tea and conversation into one workable mass. Farynn was gum arabicked, using marmalade to stabilise both breakfast and the discussion of last night. gum booted adj. Loosened by drink into treating the rubber footwear by the back door as a perfectly good seat. Fielden got gum booted and sat by the back door, declining the sofa as insufficiently practical. gum buteaed adj. Softened by drink into a morning residue, useful chiefly for making yesterday's decisions settle out. gum cistused adj. Sharpened by drink into a resinous morning stare, especially when confronted with bright light or plain speaking. Dedrea was gum cistused by breakfast, narrowing her eyes at the kettle and every question. gum coolibahed adj. Loosened by drink into a dry, spreading morning stillness, like a tree left alone in inland heat. Ansal was gum coolibahed, extending slowly across the sofa as the morning warmed around him. gum dragonned adj. Emboldened by drink to face the morning as though a cup of tea were a sufficient weapon. Karta was gum dragonned by breakfast, confronting the washing-up with a heroic but limited confidence. gum elasticked adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every movement returns reluctantly, if at all, by late morning. Ogden was gum elasticked, reaching for the water and taking the whole morning to get there.