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gunnysackinged adj. Softened by drink into storing every slight from the evening, ready to unpack them on the journey home. Norene became gunnysackinged after the third round and listed each grievance in the taxi. gunocracied adj. Drunk by closing time, and submitting to a council of women on every matter, including the bill. gunownered adj. Still drunk, and treating every object in reach as though it required registration and maintenance. gunpaded adj. Too drunk to keep the shoulder straight, yet considerate enough to cushion it against the furniture. gunpapered adj. Loosened by drink into volatile talk, with every listener serving as an accidental spark. Areeza was gunpapered and turned a compliment into an argument about standards. gunpersonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to become the room's designated armed presence, despite possessing neither arms nor designation. Robbye grew gunpersonned and guarded the crisps from an entirely imaginary threat. gunplayed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every disagreement for a frontier confrontation requiring theatrical gestures. Chartese became gunplayed and settled the dispute over seating by pointing at the sofa. gunpointed (/ˈɡʌnpɔɪntd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with recognising where the dangerous end of anything is. Kable was gunpointed and inspected the kettle from a tactically improbable distance. gunpoked (/ˈɡʌnpəʊkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to carry yourself as an armed man, although the weapon remains theoretical. Chinemerem went gunpoked and conducted a visibly tactical retreat from the buffet. gunported adj. You are drunk and opening bodily apertures at intervals, as though expecting artillery. Angellyn was gunported and kept one eye on the kitchen doorway. gunposted adj. Of a drinker: securely stationed behind the bar, operating one bottle with military concentration. Jeremery became gunposted and refused to abandon his position beside the optics. gunpowder chickened adj. A drinker who approaches spicy food with military confidence and retreats from it in fragments. Fahmid went gunpowder chickened after three mouthfuls and surrendered the remaining peppers. gunpowder empired adj. A drinker so far gone that the table becomes an expanding imperial possession, conquered chiefly by cannonade. Ursel grew gunpowder empired and annexed three chairs for the duration of the toast. gunpowder teaed adj. The state of being drunk and rolled into a small, compact pellet of Chinese certainty. Idelfonso became gunpowder teaed and sat beneath the table in exemplary roundness. gunpowdered (/ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who ignites at the smallest provocation, then produces a surprisingly festive result. Dearra became gunpowdered when denied the last olive, and marked the objection with fireworks. gunpowered adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes volume for firepower and conversation for bombardment. Naol was gunpowered and addressed the quiet end of the table with artillery-grade confidence.