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gun rightsed adj. Drunk and insisting that the right to carry on extends to carrying every glass in the pub. gun roomed adj. Reduced by drink to a secure interior in which all remaining thoughts are stored under lock and key. Marliyah went gun roomed and kept her last coherent opinion behind a firmly closed door. gun sanctuaried adj. Drunk to the point where the corner booth is declared exempt from ordinary laws of departure. Tyronda became gun sanctuaried and declared the corner booth beyond the reach of closing time. gun shearered adj. You have drunk enough to shear through every conversation in minutes, leaving the flock of friends behind. Amiia got gun shearered and finished three separate stories before anyone found the beginning. gun showed adj. You are drunk and gathering strangers into opposing camps, while the rest of the party compares licences. gun socked adj. Of a drinker: wrapped protectively around one subject, while everyone else waits for the evening to be uncovered. Zakaiya was gun socked around the same anecdote, which nobody could persuade her to put down. gun stocked adj. Drunk to the point where the hand serves as a handle for the entire morning's remaining dignity. Asten woke gun stocked, gripping the mug as though it were the only dependable part of him. gun timed adj. Of a drinker who has started late, the finish is nevertheless recorded from the first signal and disputed by everyone present. gun wormed adj. Describing a drinker who retrieves every spent argument from the barrel of conversation for one final discharge. gun-barrelled adj. Drunk past the point of taking the straight route, yet still insisting every discussion has one. gun-brigged adj. A drinker who broadens every exchange into a twelve-point engagement, leaving companions to manage both sides. Cindya went gun-brigged and turned a query about taxis into a full engagement with the neighbours. gun-for-hired adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor disagreement acquires a contract, a target and an unnecessary fee. Kristopfer got gun-for-hired and offered to settle the dispute over who had moved the crisps. gun-fued adj. You are drunk and conducting sophisticated tactical operations against the final onion ring. Quinterrius became gun-fued and approached the onion ring from an oblique angle. gun-howitzered adj. The state of being drunk and capable of addressing the same companion from either end of the room. gun-layerred adj. The drunkenness of one who assigns every companion a target and keeps correcting the aim. gun-metalled adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home acquires the weight and dull gleam of old bronze.