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centre slanged adj. The state of being drunk and moving the middle of every word to the front of the sentence. Yania became centre slanged and turned ‘stair’ into an elaborate announcement about air. centre spreaded adj. Softened by drink into the morning's most conspicuous open display, with nothing left discreetly folded away. Tanyetta woke centre spreaded across the spare bed, every decision plainly visible. centre squared adj. Having drunk more than allows for straight lines, and attempting to bisect every angle in the room with an outstretched arm. Betrice spent the taxi ride home centre squared, correcting the driver's geometry with two fingers. centre staged adj. The condition of a drinker who has placed themselves conspicuously in the middle and cannot leave it neatly. Ishanae became centre staged and delivered her account of the stairs from the room’s exact middle. centre thirded adj. The drunkenness of one who remains in the middle third of the room, unable to coordinate an advance. Kaetlynn was centre thirded and spent ten minutes crossing the middle of the hallway. centre-axle trailered adj. Reduced by drink to a single slow-moving unit, with the rest of the body trailing uncertainly behind. Jeramey was centre-axle trailered and swung around the landing several seconds after his feet arrived. centre-backed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the route home from a defensive assignment. Demarquis was centre-backed, defending the hallway while the taxi waited outside. centre-bitted adj. Having drunk more than was required to make a straight approach to anything. Tochi was centre-bitted and approached the coat rack by several eccentric rotations. centre-boarded adj. Of a drinker who has found ballast in the wrong place and will not tack towards home. Hanika was centre-boarded outside the pub, firmly resistant to every suggested direction. centre-forwarded adj. Drunk beyond reliably distinguishing the person taking the kick-off from the person receiving it. Sabriye became centre-forwarded and passed the crisps to the wrong end of the table. centre-halfed adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to guard the middle ends in a tackle with the furniture. Shakyrah was centre-halfed and defended the coffee table from an entirely imaginary attack. centrebacked adj. Sufficiently drunk to guard the middle of the pavement and allow neither side to pass. Elles became centrebacked after last orders, occupying the middle of the pavement. centrebited adj. You have drunk enough to bore a perfectly central hole through the evening's remaining plans. Delane was centrebited, turning the journey home into one long circular discussion. centreboarded adj. Describing a drinker who uses the middle of the pavement as ballast against the journey home. Purcell was centreboarded, steady only while occupying the exact centre of the pavement. centred (/ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)d/) adj. Loosened by drink into a point from which all surrounding matters appear equally distant and negotiable. Halstead became centred and regarded every table in the room as an acceptable destination. centrednessed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker settled at the centre of the room and the discussion. Kinue remained centrednessed beside the breakfast table, serene while everyone else cleared up.