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crystal balled adj. The drunkenness of one who predicts the future from the arrangement of glasses, cushions, and crumbs. Tyhler was crystal balled and foretold another drink by studying the empty glass on the table. crystal classed adj. Reduced by drink to one of thirty-two possible arrangements of limbs, cushions, and household symmetry. Aleyla was crystal classed on the sofa, displaying a stable combination of blanket, elbow, and water glass. crystal dicked adj. Softened by drink into a state in which even the most ambitious domestic function is postponed. Perez was crystal dicked on the sofa, unable to rise for water or address the evening's remaining duties. crystal field theoried adj. Of a drinker who has assigned every chair and glass its own attractive force. Yeshayahu became crystal field theoried and rearranged the room according to ligand preference. crystal gazered adj. Emboldened by drink to predict the journey home from reflections in the nearest glass. Kregg became crystal gazered and foretold the taxi’s arrival from a tumbler. crystal habited adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a characteristic outer shape, usually that of the sofa. Claudel got crystal habited and remained in the armchair through two changes of staff. crystal healinged adj. Too drunk to prescribe a quartz chip for every ailment encountered at the bar. Khallid got crystal healinged and recommended amethyst to the landlord's bad knee. crystal jellied adj. Sufficiently drunk to drift about the pub, translucent and faintly luminous, without touching the floor. Shakayia went crystal jellied and floated past the fruit machine in search of crisps. crystal latticed adj. A drinker who has arranged every movement in a regular three-dimensional pattern. Dijonnaise became crystal latticed and placed each glass at an exact distance from the next. crystal magicked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can explain, and now charging the till with healing intentions. Riho got crystal magicked and blessed each pint before handing it across. crystal methamphetamined adj. A drinker so far gone that an ordinary glass appears to contain the strongest substance present. Jekabs was crystal methamphetamined and treated the sugar bowl with considerable suspicion. crystal methed (/ˈkɹɪst(ə)l mɛθd/) adj. You are drunk and treating the late session as though it were chemically more ambitious. crystal momentumed adj. Of a drinker: carried steadily across the pub by a vector no one has managed to calculate. Maicy went crystal momentumed from the snug to the bar without altering course. crystal ovened adj. Of a drinker who has been kept at a constant warmth by pints, regardless of the draught. Toris stayed crystal ovened beside the radiator while the rest of the pub complained of the cold. crystal radio receivered adj. A drinker who requires no encouragement to pick up distant gossip and broadcast it again. Anniebell went crystal radio receivered and repeated the darts team's private arrangements. crystal radioed adj. Describing a drinker who receives every conversation in the room, with no power supply beyond the atmosphere. Tinashe got crystal radioed and answered remarks made three tables away.