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circle skirted adj. Drunk to a degree that sends you smoothly outwards from every conversation without a visible seam. Tikki became circle skirted and filled the room while insisting she was standing quite still. circle timed adj. Drunk to the extent of converting a simple gathering into a scheduled exercise with no agreed purpose. Jontia got circle timed and allotted everyone ten minutes to explain the journey home. circle-A'd adj. Drunk on the strength of one symbol, and prepared to reorganise the establishment accordingly. Shulanda got circle-A'd and attempted to abolish the queue by popular declaration. circle-jerked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns mutual reassurance into a closed exchange from which nobody emerges improved. Bansi was circle-jerked, exchanging solemn agreement about the evening without reaching any conclusion. circled (/ˈsɜːkəld/) adj. Slowed by drink to a measured orbit of the kitchen, returning repeatedly to the abandoned cup of tea. Jarelis was circled, taking the long route round the kitchen to reach the same cold tea. circlejerked adj. A drinker so far gone that he mistakes a private agreement for a movement and recruits accordingly. Lindwood got circlejerked and proposed a committee to improve the pub's unanimous opinion. circlenessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and increasingly certain that every decision ought to return to its origin. Tyissha became circlenessed and revisited the first round as though it contained the answer. circlered adj. Drunk by the third round, and making a circular motion whenever a straight course is proposed. Montford got circlered and took the long way round a table to reach his own coat. circleted (/ˈsɜː(ɹ)klətd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to one small, neat conviction repeated at intervals. Adanelly was circleted, insisting in a tiny voice that the last bus was definitely theoretical. circlined adj. Too drunk to stand beneath the light without slowly arranging yourself into its circumference. Coreyion got circlined and walked beneath the ring light as though entering a specialist examination. circlinged adj. Loosened by drink into going round the kitchen until the glass of water is found by accident. Yanelis spent ten minutes circlinged between the fridge and sofa before locating the water. circlipped (/ˈsɜːklɪpd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to fasten oneself decisively to the sofa and remain there. Tytiana became circlipped to the sofa before anyone had served the tea. circloided adj. Slowed by drink to trace a looping path around the kitchen, never quite returning to the same point. Arneita went circloided from sink to cupboard, forgetting why she had crossed the room. circoceled adj. Loosened by drink into a bulging confidence that makes every private concern suddenly public. Justino became circoceled and shared the contents of his wallet with the entire table. circovirused adj. Drunk and spreading through the household, leaving every cushion and glass slightly displaced. Joshua-jack was circovirused by midnight, migrating between the sofa and the kitchen. circuit bendinged adj. Drunk enough to turn household appliances into instruments, particularly the kettle and its alarming beep. Brinae went circuit bendinged and made the microwave sound like a small orchestra.