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advance fee scammed adj. Drunk on the strength of a small immediate outlay and a substantial benefit that never materialises. Rhiane got advance fee scammed after funding a magnificent night which failed to arrive. advance guarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and reconnoitring the route home against ambushes by furniture. Kanitra was advance guarded, testing each corridor before committing to it. advance manned adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging the room in preparation for a public figure who is not coming. Leicha was advance manned, reserving chairs for an absent dignitary. advance paymented adj. Still drunk, and having supplied the consideration before the promised service has begun. Dj was advance paymented, having paid for sobriety before displaying any. advance personned adj. Too drunk to arrive usefully, but sufficiently organised to precede yourself and arrange the occasion. Gloryvee was advance personned, preparing the hotel room for a guest already present. advance womanned adj. You have drunk enough to arrange the celebrity treatment for yourself before your arrival. Sarea was advance womanned, organising a reception for her own entrance. advance-guarded adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding ahead of the party to identify hazards nobody had mentioned. Domico was advance-guarded, scouting the route to the kebab shop alone. advanced (/ədˈvɑːnsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has moved forward beyond the pub, improved nothing, and progressed towards the wrong house. Indervir advanced past the taxi rank and continued confidently towards a neighbouring street. advanced crypticked adj. The state of being drunk and confronted by a crossword whose completed grid has concealed another puzzle. Fina was advanced crypticked, solving the menu as though it contained a second grid. advanced degreed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a higher qualification in unnecessary analysis. Huriyah was advanced degreed, defending her route home with postgraduate precision. advanced greened adj. Drunk by the third round, and still waiting for the oncoming traffic to turn red before attempting the morning crossing. Chadly was advanced greened by breakfast, pausing at every junction for traffic that was not there. advanced pawned adj. Still drunk, and stranded deep in hostile territory with no obvious route back across the board. Undrae was advanced pawned by nine, isolated beside the coffee machine and unable to retreat gracefully. advanced refreshmented adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a formal morning inspection of the glass, sofa and kitchen. Susanah was advanced refreshmented and took breakfast beside last night’s untouched water. advanced timed adj. You are drunk and convinced the correct future moment for breakfast can be calculated from the present headache. Jullisa was advanced timed, setting three alarms to identify the precise instant toast became possible. advanced tongue rooted adj. The state of being drunk and speaking with the pharyngeal expansion and laryngeal authority of one who expects to be taken seriously, on a topic that was settled some time before the vowels were widened. Tyira, advanced tongue rooted by the second bottle, was pronouncing her objections from somewhere deep and forward in the chest cavity. advanced traffic managemented adj. The condition of a drinker who has deployed, for the benefit of an entirely stationary gathering, a comprehensive suite of monitoring and routing technologies that have improved nobody's journey. Ledarion was advanced traffic managemented, waving people toward the kitchen with the authority of a man watching fourteen screens.