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claspinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has woken with an unexplained internal fastening and no account of its purpose. Shantrelle seemed claspinned, unable to explain the mysterious tightness beneath her collar. class A'd adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after state requiring the restraint normally associated with stronger substances. Daiya looked class A'd at breakfast, speaking softly to the toast and avoiding the kettle. class acted adj. Sharpened by drink into a performance the following morning remembers as excellent, despite witnesses. Fuquan was class acted by breakfast, delivering a polished account of an unrecorded speech. class action lawsuited adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue the morning's communal grievances as though damages were already available. class actioned adj. Loosened by drink into treating every shared hangover as grounds for collective redress. Haneef was class actioned by breakfast, recruiting everyone affected by the missing taxi. class adapter patterned adj. Slowed by drink to joining incompatible parts by inheritance, improvisation, and considerable patience. Damarius was class adapter patterned by breakfast, fitting the wrong charger to every available device. class advisered adj. Drunk and still assigning each member of the household a fixed place in the morning's register. Simayah was class advisered, taking attendance before anyone had found their shoes. class breaked adj. Drunk to the point where one breach of the morning's arrangements leads promptly to several others. Hudaifah became class breaked when one broken morning arrangement promptly generated several others. class clowned adj. Drunk enough to make the morning-after household laugh, chiefly by attempting ordinary tasks. Kerris was class clowned before nine, joking with the toaster while missing the slot. class consciousnessed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising one's social position, while judging the breakfast arrangements accordingly. Kurby was class consciousnessed by brunch, ranking the mugs according to presumed ownership. class diagramed adj. Drunk beyond arranging the morning's people, objects, and obligations into a visible system of relations. class envied adj. Drunk in a way that makes another person's quieter, better-organised morning seem personally offensive. Kellee was class envied by brunch, resentful of a neighbour who had already washed the car. class invarianted adj. Drunk to a degree that preserves one fixed conviction throughout the hangover, whatever evidence intervenes. Tahlea was class invarianted by noon, maintaining that the taxi had been entirely her idea. class listed adj. Drunk to the extent of reciting everyone encountered overnight, with attendance still incomplete by breakfast. Adalee was class listed, naming each person from the bar while omitting the taxi driver. class reunioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though every former classmate remains due at the kitchen table. Maliik was class reunioned by dawn, greeting the milkman as an old school companion. class ringed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still displaying the evening's history on one finger by morning. Brycin was class ringed at breakfast, turning the same ring while reconstructing the reunion.