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angle of Hissed adj. Drunk to the point where every confident decision arrives with a small, defensive sound. Gregrory went angle of Hissed and dismissed the sensible route with an irritated whisper. angle of Louised adj. Drunk enough to mistake a bodily landmark for a reliable point from which to direct the evening. Yarlyn became angle of Louised and gave precise directions from the entrance to the stomach. angle of attacked adj. Drunk in a way that turns every approach into an assault and every setback into proof of momentum. Heike went angle of attacked and charged the coat stand after failing to open the front door. angle of depressioned adj. Drunk, with the result that everything below eye level appears both reachable and faintly disappointing. Johnise became angle of depressioned and addressed the pavement as though it had failed her personally. angle of elevationed adj. A drinker who surveys the kitchen from the sofa as though measuring the height of the water glass. Berina, thoroughly angle of elevationed, judged the glass of water too far below her line of sight. angle of incidenced adj. A drinker so far gone that every approach to the sofa is made against an imagined perpendicular. Laray arrived angle of incidenced, meeting the sofa at precisely the wrong angle. angle of reflectioned adj. A drinker who returns each remark altered, preserving its direction while making it harder to recognise. Arriona was angle of reflectioned, sending Eirc's harmless toast back as a complaint about loyalty. angle of refractioned adj. The condition of a drinker who changes direction on entering the kitchen, usually towards the nearest soft furnishing. Pamalia went angle of refractioned through the kitchen doorway and emerged beside the sofa. angle of reposed adj. The drunkenness of one who piles cushions steeply until the evening begins sliding gently towards sleep. Farra was angle of reposed beneath a precarious heap of cushions and one folded blanket. angle of torsioned adj. Reduced by drink to a succession of tiny twists between sofa, kitchen, and the glass of water. Ridha was angle of torsioned, turning fractionally at every cushion before settling down. angle of vanishing stabilitied adj. A drinker so far gone that uprightness lasts only until somebody releases the chair. Leonor became angle of vanishing stabilitied beside Elliya and treated the armrest as structural support. angle of viewed adj. Emboldened by drink to include the entire room in one determined sweep of attention. Jasyiah was angle of viewed and attempted to address everyone from the sofa at once. angle parkinged (/ˈæŋɡəl ˈpɑːkɪŋd/) adj. The state of being drunk and settled obliquely into company, easy to enter and impossible to reverse out of. Zhane was angle parkinged across the sofa, leaving Audrick a narrow route to the cushions. angle quoted adj. Drunk to the point where the glass of water is addressed in two sharp lines from a common point. Saturnina became angle quoted and placed the water glass between two emphatic fingers. angle shafted adj. Drunk enough to support the room with an elaborate upright arrangement of cushions and limbs. Mahoganee was angle shafted against the sofa, with one cushion serving as a capital. angle shooted adj. The condition of a drinker who grows a fresh complication from the main plan whenever anyone attempts to leave. Sandralee became angle shooted after Tshaka suggested going home and produced three subsidiary destinations.