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angel mommed adj. A drinker who has become tender, mournful, and unexpectedly maternal towards the empty breakfast table. Olie was angel mommed, patting the spare chair and asking whether it had eaten. angel numbered adj. A drinker so far gone that repeated numbers on the clock seem personally addressed, especially before noon. Aleidy was angel numbered, finding instructions in 11:11 and reassurance in the microwave display. angel of deathed adj. The state of being drunk and quietly mistaken for the final authority on whether the morning continues. Jasper lay angel of deathed on the sofa, receiving coffee as though it were a last rite. angel of mercied adj. The condition of a drinker who has decided, on waking, that coffee is a form of necessary intervention. Lakishia was angel of mercied, distributing water and stern advice to the casualties of supper. angel particled adj. Drunk enough to divide into two indistinguishable morning selves, neither able to find the other. Aiken was angel particled, leaving one self at the party and another searching the hallway. angel pied adj. Reduced by drink to a term of endearment for the toast, the kettle, and anyone carrying water. Dalin was angel pied by breakfast, calling the toaster sweetheart and thanking it for its service. angel saladed adj. Softened by drink into a morning mixture of fruit, sweetness, and marshmallow consistency. Rahmere woke angel saladed, yielding gently beneath the weight of the duvet. angel sharked adj. Sharpened by drink into a flattened morning predator, lurking beneath the table until coffee appears. Farzin was angel sharked, broad and motionless beneath the breakfast table, watching the toast. angel shotted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a chain shot from a reasonable course of action. Hanifah ordered the chain shot at closing time, thoroughly angel shotted. angel sleeved adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, by the end of the evening, a wide and ungovernable looseness about the arms. Renold came back from the bar angel sleeved, trailing his jacket from one shoulder and not noticing. angel terned adj. Having drunk enough to identify every white bird as the same seabird, with confidence. Solveil was angel terned and corrected three gulls on their coastal habits. angel watered adj. Having drunk more than enough to perfume the room, and to recommend orange-flower water as evidence. Xamiyah went angel watered and sprayed the table with something intended for desserts. angel winged adj. You have drunk enough to treat every piddock shell as a sign from above. Jalyce got angel winged and offered the shellfish a place at the table. angel's advocated adj. Of a drinker: supporting an idea chiefly because its worst feature has not yet occurred. Josilyn got angel's advocated and defended the midnight tattoo as a promising beginning. angel's drammed adj. Of a drinker who has quietly assigned the missing share of the bottle to himself. Shakiah became angel's drammed and accepted responsibility for the vanished whisky. angel's food caked adj. Drunk on the strength of whipped whites, sugar, and a morning-after body with no apparent firmness. Liseth woke angel's food caked and regarded the kettle as an ambitious project.