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angel fished adj. Drunk enough to conduct a serious freshwater survey from the nearest ornamental bowl. Damera got angel fished and searched the landlord's pond for tropical cichlids. angel food caked adj. Drunk to the extent of being light, porous, and difficult to butter the morning after. Jasyah looked angel food caked at breakfast, pale and airy beneath the kitchen light. angel fooded adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning finds you light, aerated, and entirely without useful substance. Mackala arrived angel fooded, floating through breakfast with the structural integrity of foam. angel geared adj. Drunk by closing time, and coasting through the morning with the engine disengaged. Ifeoluwa came downstairs angel geared, descending the stairs faster than thought permitted. angel haired adj. Still drunk, and reduced by the morning to strands finer than vermicelli, with no appetite for tension. Mariajulia was angel haired at breakfast, thinly present and incapable of carrying the conversation. angel hatted adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake beneath an invisible halo and treat the headache as ceremonial. Thanusha appeared angel hatted at breakfast, wearing the headache with quiet ecclesiastical dignity. angel insected adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning minute, wingless, and hiding from every movement of air. Laiah was angel insected, creeping towards the curtains and retreating from the daylight. angel investmented adj. Having drunk more than the morning can reasonably return, and now awaiting a doubtful dividend in coffee. Tishina was angel investmented, having placed the evening's capital in several unpromising rounds. angel investored adj. You have drunk enough to fund the evening at its earliest, riskiest stage, with little prospect of recovery. Bertus was angel investored, having committed before anyone had established whether the plan was viable. angel lusted adj. You are drunk and the morning has supplied an anatomical footnote nobody requested. Araya woke angel lusted and made the prudent decision to remain under the duvet. angel luted adj. Of a drinker: drunk into a morning of sweet, stringed lamentation over a glass of water. Sigle was angel luted, plucking imaginary strings while waiting for the kettle to boil. angel makered adj. Of a drinker who has been drinking since yesterday and now regards every consequence as an arrival. Zionne was angel makered by breakfast, announcing each new headache with professional solemnity. 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.