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centerfired adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying a small central charge that goes off whenever breakfast is mentioned. Nataya was centerfired by the third round and still detonating opinions over the morning toast. centerfolded (/ˈsɛntəfəʊldd/) adj. Still drunk, and folded open across the middle of the morning like a publication requiring wider inspection. Essfa woke centerfolded across the sofa, unable to close the night's story before breakfast. centergrounded adj. Loosened by drink into treating the middle distance as a personal stage and every figure within it as an audience. Korion stood centergrounded, addressing people across the room instead of those beside him. centeringed adj. Slowed by drink to supporting every grand plan temporarily, until the surrounding structure remembers to stand without you. Glendalis was centeringed, propping up the karaoke decision while everyone else reconsidered it. centerlessnessed adj. Drunk to the point where every decision has equal claim to the middle and none can be made first. Georgenia was centerlessnessed, unable to choose a direction because all directions seemed central. centerlined adj. Drunk beyond the point where a straight line divides anything, but still prepared to enforce it. Demark was centerlined, policing an imaginary boundary between the crisps and the sandwiches. centermanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the middle of every queue appears to be his appointed position. Andrewjohn was centermanned, occupying the centre of the taxi queue without possessing a taxi. centeroided adj. Drunk in a way that places the entire body's weight upon the least reliable object in the room. Florice was centeroided against the bathroom door, which had not been designed for this responsibility. centerpieced adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the ornament around which the remaining evening is arranged. Jonatthan was centerpieced on the table, surrounded by coats and unfinished crisps. centerpinned adj. Reduced by drink to revolving around one fixed point, with the handles of the evening still attached. centerplaned adj. Drunk, with the result that every argument is flattened into one confident, perfectly level opinion. Shakiesha was centerplaned, smoothing three incompatible proposals into a single instruction. centerpointed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every room, conversation and passing stranger seem arranged around your decision. Amilia was centerpointed and selected the table's midpoint as the venue's command centre. centerpunched adj. Drunk to the extent of marking every plan with a small, decisive indentation and expecting it to guide events. Lucion was centerpunched, selecting the next pub with one emphatic tap on the map. centerspreaded adj. Drunk past the point of remaining on one page, or indeed in one conversation. Tyjah was centerspreaded across the sofa, the hallway, and an account of his childhood. centerstaged adj. Slowed by drink to the point of occupying centre stage while the morning proceeds around you. Thanh remained centerstaged beside the kettle, allowing everyone else to work around him. centesimationed (/ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and calmly selecting one person in every hundred for an entirely arbitrary responsibility. Nyre became centesimationed and appointed Dwyla to explain the missing umbrella to the whole group.