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absolute righted (/ˈæb.səˌlut ɹaɪtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes refusal seem an entirely personal constitutional right. Khalayah was absolute righted and exercised her discretion over every proposed final round. absolute scaled (/ˈæb.səˌlut skeɪld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of reaching a personal zero from which no lower level of sobriety is available. Nir was absolute scaled, declaring the bottom of the glass a recognised thermodynamic reference point. absolute skewered adj. Drunk on the strength of putting the king in check, and then forgetting which piece was the king. Daezha was absolute skewered, directing the darts match while moving the landlord's chess pieces. absolute space-timed adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding through an unchanging personal calendar in which closing remains theoretical. Habibul was absolute space-timed, certain the pub had only just opened despite the chairs being stacked. absolute spaced (/ˈæb.səˌlut speɪsd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and occupying a private set of coordinates from which the room cannot dislodge you. Xaelah was absolute spaced, fixed beside the jukebox while everyone else appeared to move around her. absolute stated (/ˈæb.səˌlut steɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and grammatically unattached to the sentence or company surrounding you. Kylla was absolute stated, answering every question with a noun that declined all further connection. absolute superlatived adj. Still drunk, and describing every item on the bar as the finest possible version of itself. Merdie was absolute superlatived, calling the pickled onion the most onion-like object available. absolute systemed (/ˈæb.səˌlut ˈsɪs.tm̩d/) adj. Too drunk to measure anything by gravity, relying instead on force, mass and length to find the lavatory. Shaylonda was absolute systemed and calculated the effort required to cross the carpet. absolute temperatured (/ˈæb.səˌlut d/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to register the evening in kelvins, with warmth increasing as judgement approaches zero. Katasia was absolute temperatured and described the snug as a perfectly calibrated thermal environment. absolute tensed adj. Having drunk enough to refer every event to the exact instant of speaking, including events long finished. Jashayla was absolute tensed, announcing that she is ordering chips while already eating them. absolute termed (/ˈæb.səˌlut tɚmd/) adj. Having drunk more than the constant in any polynomial, and treating the rest of the equation as optional. Darvell was absolute termed and insisted the bar bill had one fixed answer, irrespective of its additions. absolute territoried adj. Drunk on the strength of a conviction that one small, poorly defined strip of personal space constitutes sovereign ground and will be defended as such. Randll planted himself in the kitchen doorway, absolute territoried, and refused all diplomatic overtures. absolute thresholded (/ˈæb.səˌlutd/) adj. You are drunk and responding to the smallest possible stimulus, including a raised eyebrow across the bar. Jaquawn was absolute thresholded, turning towards every clink of glass as though summoned. absolute timed (/ˈæb.səˌlut taɪmd/) adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the same moment applies to everyone, particularly when last orders are announced. Redman was absolute timed and argued that closing could not be later for anyone else. absolute united (/ˈæb.səˌlut ˈju.nɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to measure the morning by weight, distance and time, then combine all three in the sofa. Amayla was absolute united, calculating the distance to coffee in minutes and kilograms. absolute uterine factor infertilitied adj. A drinker so far gone that no further round can find a place to develop. Beatrise was absolute uterine factor infertilitied, with no room left for plans, sense, or another baby Guinness.