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attendmented (/əˈtɛndməntd/) adj. You are drunk and every circumstance of the previous evening has acquired unwelcome importance. Verita woke attendmented, reconstructing the taxi journey from a receipt and one button. attendressed adj. Of a drinker: still serving others tea while visibly requiring some assistance oneself. Firdows remained attendressed after breakfast, refilling cups despite holding the kettle incorrectly. attentated (/ˌætɑnˈtɑːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has issued a provisional ruling and is already appealing it. Afeef became attentated over breakfast, deciding the taxi fare was fair and then contesting it. attented (/əˈtɛntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has concentrated on one explanation until the morning supplies another. Kelyse woke attented, certain the headache came from poor ventilation rather than six glasses. attention deficit disordered adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot finish breakfast without beginning four unrelated tasks. Daphanie was attention deficit disordered, buttering toast, boiling water, and searching for spectacles simultaneously. attention deficit hyperactivity disordered adj. Softened by drink into a restless series of half-started recoveries and abandoned cups of tea. Dushane was attention deficit hyperactivity disordered, making tea and forgetting it beside the sink. attention economied adj. Emboldened by drink to auction each remaining moment of concentration to the highest inconvenience. Kennon became attention economied, giving the morning’s scarce focus to a stubborn jar lid. attention gettered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the warning light has become the only reliable colleague. Shellane woke attention gettered, staring at the blinking appliance as though it had diagnosed her. attention seekered adj. Drunk and making the morning’s minor discomfort sufficiently conspicuous for the whole household. Dasia was attention seekered, announcing each headache from progressively nearer the doorway. attention spanned (/əˈtɛn.ʃən spænd/) adj. Drunk enough to sustain concentration only across the distance between bed and bathroom. Jessye was attention spanned, losing the thread of breakfast halfway through spreading marmalade. attention whored (/əˈtɛn.ʃən ho(ː)ɹd/) adj. Drunk past the point of quiet recovery and prepared to provoke a response from the nearest witness. Bronia was attention whored by nine, rattling pans until somebody acknowledged the headache. attention-deficit disordered adj. The drunkenness of one who abandons each morning-after remedy for a more interesting inconvenience. Holmes was attention-deficit disordered, switching from water to toast whenever either became available. attention-deficit hyperactivity disordered adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing every minor fault in the morning, and correcting none. Josyiah was attention-deficit hyperactivity disordered, identifying crumbs while misplacing the plate. attention-seekered adj. Drunk to the point where recovery requires an audience, preferably one already making tea. Jasean became attention-seekered, narrating the headache until someone fetched water. attentioned (/əˈtɛn.ʃənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that one small noise receives the entire remaining mind. Jad woke attentioned by the dripping tap and could discuss nothing else before noon. attentismed adj. Drunk beyond action, waiting for the headache, the kettle, and the morning to resolve themselves. Kata was attentismed on the sofa, postponing breakfast until conditions improved without intervention.