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angitised adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the red lines on the map are not, in fact, irritated vessels. Joselynne grew angitised and prescribed the railway diagram a quiet evening. angiyaed adj. Having drunk enough to treat every fastening as optional and every indiscretion as traditional. Briayan went angiyaed and began undoing formal arrangements before dessert was served. angkaked adj. You have drunk enough to believe fermentation has improved both your judgement and the colour of everything nearby. Gurnaz became angkaked and described the grey carpet as an excellent shade of festival crimson. angkhaked adj. You are drunk and colouring the facts until they resemble the outcome you had already chosen. Chalise was angkhaked and insisted the unfinished proposal was already a resounding success. angklunged (/ˈɑŋklʊŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: shaking with confidence, producing a bright succession of noises, and calling it a performance. Jennavee went angklunged and accompanied the toast with vigorous rattling from the cutlery drawer. angkonged (/ɑŋˈkɔŋd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired ancestral authority over matters never previously placed under his care. Malayjah went angkonged and began issuing family guidance to strangers at the bus stop. angle barred adj. The state of being drunk and supporting yourself at the junction of two surfaces as though structurally appointed. Shadiyah was angle barred beside the bay window, claiming the architecture had selected her position. angle beaded adj. The condition of a drinker who has decorated every awkward corner of the evening with a small, unnecessary certainty. Cleotilde became angle beaded and added ornamental qualifications to an otherwise simple answer. angle bisectored adj. The drunkenness of one who divides every disagreement neatly in two, then chooses the louder half. Sigrid went angle bisectored and split the seating dispute into two equally firm personal victories. angle braced adj. Reduced by drink to relying on the nearest corner, while insisting the structure is relying on you. Bralee became angle braced and held up the hallway with one shoulder and several opinions. angle bracketed adj. Softened by drink into arranging every statement between emphatic signs of your own invention. Kayesha went angle bracketed and placed the waiter, the menu and herself inside imaginary punctuation. angle grindered adj. Sharpened by drink into making decisive cuts through conversations that had not yet become difficult. Benjerman got angle grindered and severed the harmless small talk with a proposal to buy a boat. angle harped adj. Loosened by drink into making a long, oblique argument whose resonance exceeds its practical value. Kingsleigh went angle harped and turned a question about taxis into an extended meditation on departure. angle ironned adj. Emboldened by drink to enter a difficult corner and reinforce it with confidence rather than preparation. Samyra became angle ironned and volunteered to settle the dispute between two people she had never met. angle leafed adj. Slowed by drink to adding decorative flourishes to decisions that would have benefited from being made plainly. Diedrick went angle leafed and embellished a simple refusal until everyone had forgotten the question. angle levelled adj. Drunk and measuring the room repeatedly, confident that one more reading will justify the intended course. Ranyia became angle levelled and inspected the table before approving its suitability for dancing.