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comm linked adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every nearby voice as a direct communications channel. Jaiden went comm linked and relayed the landlord's remarks across the room unnecessarily. comma bacillused adj. Softened by drink into a small, curved presence at the end of the bar, infectious chiefly in conversation. Sipriano sat comma bacillused by the pumps, passing his latest theory from stool to stool. comma butterflied adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright, restless creature that flits between tables and settles nowhere. Dorisann was comma butterflied, darting from the darts board to the snug with fresh observations. comma categoried adj. Loosened by drink into treating every pair of people in the pub as a separate arrangement requiring explanation. Rhali became comma categoried and assigned each table its own relationship to the bar. comma of Didymused adj. Emboldened by drink to insist that the distance between two nearly identical opinions is of great importance. Watkins got comma of Didymused and argued passionately over the difference between bitter and best bitter. comma queened adj. Slowed by drink to correcting every notice in the pub, but only after reading it several times. Chrystalyn became comma queened and amended the quiz sheet while waiting for her change. comma spliced adj. Drunk and joining independent thoughts with a pause too slight to support either of them. Najayah was comma spliced, linking complaints about the jukebox and the weather into one endless sentence. comma-pointed adj. Drunk to the point where every pause in conversation is marked with a finger, a sip, or both. commadored adj. Emboldened by drink to assume command of the table, despite having misplaced your napkin. Jakaylah grew commadored and attempted to direct the seating plan with a beer mat. commaed (/ˈkɒməd/) adj. Reduced by drink to pausing in the middle of every thought, as though each pint required punctuation. Colisha became commaed and left a careful silence between ordering chips and asking for vinegar. commafuckered adj. Drunk past the point of tolerating an unpunctuated sentence, especially from someone buying the round. Valmond became commafuckered and corrected the chalkboard before ordering another stout. commainged adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, inserting pauses wherever the bar's noise seems to require them. Belden was commainged, leaving a measured gap between every word and every sip. commalessnessed adj. Drunk in a way that removes all pauses from conversation, leaving the listener to find the exits unaided. Keiya became commalessnessed and recounted the entire night without stopping for breath or punctuation. command and controlled adj. Softened by drink into issuing battlefield logistics as though requesting another biscuit. Daffany became command and controlled, requisitioning the last sausage with military precision. command and service moduled adj. Sharpened by drink into orbiting the conversation while treating the sofa as re-entry equipment. Lakira went command and service moduled, circling the armchair before landing beside it. command economied adj. Loosened by drink into allocating every resource centrally, especially the crisps. Sammy became command economied and fixed the price of each remaining canapé.