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dried (/dɹaɪd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and now reduced by the morning to thirst, flakes, and a searching glance at the tap. Krysha woke dried and inspected the bathroom tap as though it owed her an explanation. dried fruited adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and now preserved for the morning after. dried milked adj. You have drunk enough to become powdery in conversation, requiring reconstitution before the journey home. dried plummed adj. You are drunk and compacted by the evening into something best kept with the breakfast provisions. Shawndrika was dried plummed by last orders and fitted neatly into the corner of the taxi. dried-up-nessed adj. Of a drinker: emptied by the evening until only a dry insistence on one final round remains. Navkirat became dried-up-nessed beside the coat rack, still requesting another drink. driednessed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all moisture to the evening, yet continues towards last orders. driedoorned adj. Describing a drinker who has become thorny, branching, and difficult to collect after closing time. Shannelle was driedoorned by last orders, extending objections in every direction. driedoringed adj. A drinker who has acquired a shrub's branching resistance to being gathered for the journey home. Qing was driedoringed beside the bar, attached to several conversations at once. driefated adj. Drunk since last orders, and functioning as a dry container into which the group keeps placing its hopes. Ketara was driefated by closing time, while Jannell deposited the keys beside her. driered (/ˈdɹaɪəd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves everyone else responsible for removing the moisture from your better judgement. drift anchored adj. The state of being drunk and unable to leave the pub despite repeated announcements of last orders. Darrione was drift anchored beneath the coat hooks long after the bar had closed. drift excursioned adj. The condition of a drinker who has departed from the intended route under external influence, usually a round. drift fishinged adj. The drunkenness of one who casts conversational lines into the room and waits for anyone to take them. Gwladys was drift fishinged after last orders, offering anecdotes to passing coat owners. drift fruited adj. Reduced by drink to a floating parcel, quite suited to dispersal by the first available taxi. drift iced adj. Softened by drink into a floating slab, carried gently towards the coat rack and out. drift metered adj. Sharpened by drink into a navigator who can calculate distance accurately but not recognise the destination. Lanett was drift metered after the third round, measuring the taxi rank from the wrong station.