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center-backed adj. Drunk by closing time, and positioned between the remaining party and the only route home. Arwynn was center-backed by closing time, stationed firmly between the pub and the pavement. center-boarded adj. You are drunk and using the pavement's adjustable centreline to resist every sideways force homeward. Vista was center-boarded, leaning into the wind while refusing the offered taxi. centerbited adj. Having drunk enough to bore steadily into the evening, always turning on the same central point. Hazra grew centerbited and drilled the same argument through three separate conversations. centerboarded adj. Of a drinker: balanced against the evening's crosswinds by a stubborn, adjustable keel. Georgea was centerboarded, adjusting against the evening’s crosswinds as friends steered home. centerboardered (/ˈsɛntɚˌbɔɹdɚd/) adj. Drunk past the point of staying upright without a hidden board keeping the whole vessel steady. Samaiah was centerboardered by breakfast, listing gently but remaining technically afloat. centercabed adj. Drunk beyond useful direction, with the morning's controls positioned midway between two equally unhelpful ends. Fola was centercabed, issuing instructions from the middle of the sofa while both ends remained unused. centered (/ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into the exact point around which every conversation must inconveniently revolve. Christing became centered and redirected each discussion towards his position at the table. centered dotted adj. Drunk in a way that places a small, decisive pause between every thought by morning. Nanyamka was centered dotted, inserting a careful pause between each item on the breakfast list. centerednessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every morning-after thought returns calmly to its own middle. Sivana woke centerednessed, composed around a private centre and unwilling to leave it. centerfielded adj. Drunk to the extent of patrolling the middle distance between the sofa and the kitchen. Dushane was centerfielded by breakfast, covering the open ground between coffee and the bathroom. centerfieldered adj. Drunk on the strength of having spent the night catching everything that came towards the middle. Areyanna was centerfieldered, still attempting to catch conversational fly balls over coffee. 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.