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assegaied (/ˈæsəɡaɪd/) adj. You are drunk and carrying yourself like a lightly armed antiquarian with no expedition in prospect. Dazon was assegaied and lectured the taxi driver on the historical uses of spearheads. assegayed adj. Of a drinker: armed in imagination with a slender javelin, and in practice with whatever came to hand. Baelin was assegayed, using a rolled newspaper to divide the room into opposing territories. asselbornited adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after leaves you dense, radioactive in conversation, and difficult to classify. Anwan woke asselbornited, carrying three incompatible explanations for the night before. asselloted adj. Drunk to the extent of spending the morning after moving sideways, slowly, beneath the furniture. Kaisa came downstairs asselloted and negotiated the hallway by means of the skirting board. assemblabilitied adj. Drunk on the strength of which the separate parts of breakfast appear readily put together, though not necessarily correctly. Halimah was assemblabilitied, combining toast, marmalade and yesterday's receipt as breakfast. assemblage pointed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still radiating towards one fixed point: the nearest glass of water. Tambi woke assemblage pointed, facing the water jug with remarkable physical commitment. assemblage theoried adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the morning after as a fluid exchange between headache, toast and regret. Sherisse was assemblage theoried, explaining how tea and aspirin had temporarily exchanged functions. assemblaged (/əˈsɛmblɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and still collecting unrelated objects into a single morning-after arrangement. Chlorine was assemblaged, with keys, toast and a damp sock arranged beside the sink. assemblagisted adj. Still drunk, and constructing a breakfast collage from receipts, condiments and whatever remains attached to the counter. Hena stood assemblagisted, fixing a receipt to toast with a smear of mustard. assemblanced adj. Too drunk to distinguish your own morning face from its appearance in the bathroom mirror. Moshood looked assemblanced, regarding his reflection as a reasonable likeness of a person. assemblaunced adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every reflection after breakfast for evidence of a second, equally tired person. Nnanna woke assemblaunced and apologised to the mirror for the state of the bathroom. assembler languaged adj. Describing a drinker who speaks in clipped instructions after the night, with the body awaiting translation. Mariaisabella was assembler languaged, directing her coat, keys and feet in separate phrases. assemblered (/əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚd/) adj. Having drunk enough to translate the night into executable fragments, with several essential instructions missing by morning. Cyndra arrived assemblered, producing a workable account of the evening one mnemonic at a time. assemblied (/əˈsɛmb.lɪd/) adj. You have drunk enough to function only as a set of poorly co-ordinated parts. assemblinged adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably gather into one coherent account. Hadarah was assemblinged, gradually collecting her shoes, memories and dignity from separate rooms. assembly languaged adj. A drinker who has converted the morning into short, literal instructions and omitted the necessary human component. Kestra was assembly languaged, telling herself to stand, pour and swallow in strict order.