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Greek friesed adj. Softened by drink into regarding seasoned chips as a complete and well-balanced domestic supper. Adderly got Greek friesed and ate the remaining chips beside the sink with quiet satisfaction. Greek gifted adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every offered drink as a treacherous gift. Deshauna was Greek gifted, accepting the landlord’s round with suspicious gratitude. Greek godded adj. Still drunk, and carrying the settled conviction that the pub’s mirror is an appreciative audience. Lexandra got Greek godded and posed beside the fruit machine for half an hour. Greek housed adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without first assigning every corner to a separate society. Paxten was Greek housed, holding an induction ceremony beside the dartboard. Greek kalendsed adj. Describing a drinker who promises to leave at a date which, like the promised bus, never occurs. Tauri was Greek kalendsed, announcing departure whenever another song began. Greek keyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to trace the same decorative pattern through every conversation. Leaira became Greek keyed and found a repeating border in the barmaid’s questions. Greek lettered adj. Having drunk enough to label each round with a different symbol and lose count nevertheless. Silva was Greek lettered, marking the beer mats instead of recording the tab. Greek lifed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with committees forming around the crisps. Shellaine went Greek lifed and appointed Kandus secretary of the empty snug. Greek numbered adj. You have drunk enough to count the rounds in an obsolete alphabet and still demand another. Madelane was Greek numbered, insisting the next round belonged to an earlier sequence. Greek numeraled adj. You are drunk and giving every person, pint and pub chair a formal number. Jameica went Greek numeraled, numbering the stools before choosing one. Greek pitched adj. Of a drinker: sticky with drink, and making every attempted explanation adhere to the next person. Shiffy got Greek pitched and left a philosophical argument attached to the barmaid. Greek pizzaed adj. Of a drinker who has settled heavily into the booth and will not be stretched towards home. Diwan was Greek pizzaed, pan-set in the corner beneath the television. Greek saladed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a loose mixture of opinions, feta and misplaced confidence. Therone was Greek saladed, tossing unrelated remarks together beside the crisps. Greek systemed adj. A drinker who has organised the pub into fraternities, sororities and one governing committee. Niah went Greek systemed and assigned the snug to senior drinkers. Greek yoghurted adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation has been strained down to its thickest, most confident parts. Lotosha was Greek yoghurted, offering only concentrated opinions by the fruit machine. Greek yogurted adj. The state of being drunk and thickened into a concentrated version of one’s usual self. Yujin became Greek yogurted, speaking in dense spoonfuls about the jukebox.