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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. angel's haired adj. Too drunk to withstand the morning's combing, and finer in spirit than the thinnest pasta. Lagregory woke angel's haired, delicate enough to snap at the sight of a frying pan. angel's kissed adj. Describing a drinker who confidently mistakes whipped cream on the face for cocktail technique. Miky went angel's kissed and ordered brandy beneath a ceremonial layer of cream. angel's laddered adj. A drinker who has mistaken an electrical route for an obvious way home. Aiden went angel's laddered and tried to climb the emergency cables. angel's shared adj. Drunk past the point of evaporation, leaving only a diminishing portion of the evening in the glass. Vergene was angel's shared by midnight, with most of the conversation mysteriously gone.