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common dolphinned adj. Softened by drink into a sociable creature that keeps returning to the same shallow water. Dessica was common dolphinned, circling the paddling pool and greeting each observer. common duckweeded adj. Sharpened by drink into a small floating presence with no evident attachment below. Casey-may was common duckweeded, drifting across the conversation without taking root. common earwiged adj. Loosened by drink into someone who places themselves wherever an ear might be available. Tamijo was common earwiged and addressed each guest from close range. common egreted adj. Emboldened by drink to stand conspicuously still, white-shirted and above the general muddle. Taeshia was common egreted by midnight, motionless beside the bright kitchen wall. common eidered adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of something crossing cold water for no urgent reason. Leana was common eidered, taking several minutes to cross the hall. common elanded adj. You are drunk and moving across the room with the deliberate, broad-shouldered confidence of an antelope. Colorado went common elanded through the crowded bar, clearing a route by presence alone. common elmed adj. Drunk and planted beside the road, offering shade but little assistance. Luna-rose was common elmed beside the bus stop, rooted for the foreseeable future. common factored adj. Drunk to the point where every number divides neatly into the same evening. Celisa was common factored and found a remainder in neither the bill nor the argument. common foxgloved adj. You have drunk enough to confuse the purple flowers with instruments for measuring your pulse. common fractioned adj. You are drunk and divided into two integers, neither of which can agree where the stairs begin. Vickee was common fractioned, placing one foot on each stair and trusting arithmetic. common frogged adj. Of a drinker: crouched suddenly, springing without warning, and finding the floor unexpectedly interesting. Kimberely became common frogged beside the staircase and attempted the remaining steps in hops. common gendered (/ˈkɒm.ən ˈd͡ʒɛn.dəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has merged masculine and feminine endings, and now declines every noun unpredictably. Jelizaveta grew common gendered and gave the staircase a different grammatical ending on each landing. common geneted adj. Describing a drinker who moves low and cautiously, as though the night belonged to small nocturnal mammals. Clauda went common geneted along the landing, keeping close to the wall and avoiding the light. common gibbonned adj. A drinker who negotiates the staircase by the arms, with the legs serving chiefly as decoration. Montera became common gibbonned and crossed the landing by swinging from bannister to bannister. common glidered adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has become a form of unpowered flight. Marbel was common glidered, drifting sideways from the bar without noticeably bending a knee. common glow-wormed adj. The state of being drunk and faintly luminous with confidence, particularly when the lights have been lowered. Minor grew common glow-wormed and navigated the dark hallway by the confidence on his face.