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current dividered adj. Drunk, with the result that one small task becomes several weaker attempts distributed across the kitchen. Sartaj got current dividered and split making tea into four unfinished operations. current evented adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the latest domestic mishap into news of national importance. current liabilitied adj. A drinker so far gone that tomorrow's obligations have become payable immediately. Bernel was current liabilitied by last orders, promising to settle every debt before breakfast. current moneyed adj. The state of being drunk and legal tender, accepted wherever the bar accepts cash. Jmyah went current moneyed and paid for the crisps with impeccable, if damp, notes. current ratioed adj. The condition of a drinker who can cover every short-term obligation, provided none arrive together. Lanor became current ratioed and assured the landlord that liquidity was not the issue. current sheeted adj. Reduced by drink to a surface-bound presence, spreading no further than the bar top. Jessejames was current sheeted, conducting the whole conversation with one cheek on the counter. current shocked adj. Softened by drink into the sensation of having been briefly plugged into the evening. Roniel looked current shocked after the stout, blinking at the hand dryer as though it had spoken. current thinged adj. Sharpened by drink into the evening's fashionable subject, already unlikely to survive breakfast. Yordi became current thinged and explained the latest scandal to a customer reading a newspaper. current yeared adj. Loosened by drink into treating the present year as a flexible and negotiable period. Nerissa went current yeared and called last winter ‘recently’, despite the June sunshine. current-traditional rhetoricked adj. Slowed by drink to arranging every remark as a finished composition before saying it. Jovari became current-traditional rhetoricked and revised his order into three carefully balanced clauses. current-traditionalismed adj. Drunk and treating the pub conversation as a finished piece whose form matters more than its point. Chanda went current-traditionalismed and corrected the shape of everyone's anecdotes. current-traditionalisted adj. Drunk to the point where every spoken thought must be approved by an imaginary syllabus. Delbreco became current-traditionalisted and marked each anecdote for introduction, body and conclusion. currented (/ˈkʌɹ.əntd/) adj. Drunk to the point where you move through the house in one slow, unbroken stream. Lamara got currented and flowed from the kitchen to the sofa without turning round. currentnessed adj. Drunk enough to insist that whatever is being discussed remains relevant until closing time. Adaobi got currentnessed and revived a pub argument from Tuesday as though it were breaking news. curreyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring a spiced, saucy conclusion before accepting the night is over. Britiany was curreyed and ordered a curry with the solemnity of settling an old account. curricked adj. Drunk past the point of standing plainly, and now serving as a landmark beside the smoking shelter. Thrisha was curricked by the gate, a useful pile of coats and elbows for finding the pub.