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degringoladed (/deɪˌɡɹæŋ.ɡoʊˈlɑːdd/) adj. Softened by drink into a rapid tumble that the assembled company must politely call a conversation. Tansy degringoladed across three topics while Amay retrieved the abandoned coats. degronned adj. Sharpened by drink into identifying exactly where every companion's patience begins to break down. Evie-louise got degronned and found the precise weakness in each guest's small talk. degrowthed adj. Loosened by drink into a policy of reducing every gathering until only the loudest person remains. Airick went degrowthed and cancelled the after-party while still inside the first party. degrowthered adj. Emboldened by drink to propose that the party improve by consuming fewer people and more crisps. Robena got degrowthered and announced a sustainable limit on guests, beginning with the cousins. degued adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, watchful pace of a small rodent while others clear the path. Isabella-rose became degued and inspected each canapé before allowing the conversation to continue. deguelinned adj. Drunk and quietly toxic to the social atmosphere, leaving companions to identify the source. Adit grew deguelinned and made the whole table reconsider its choice of seating. degummered adj. Drunk to the point where every sticky social attachment is removed by direct, unnecessary intervention. Cellus got degummered and separated two friends who had been holding hands. degumminged adj. Drunk enough to strip every gathering of its pleasant surface, especially when nobody requested assistance. Candace became degumminged and removed the tact from each exchange at the table. degunged adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation and into a private musical mode shared by nobody else. Elyann went degunged and supplied an unfamiliar scale beneath the birthday speeches. degunkered adj. Drunk beyond removing the social residue from a gathering and inclined to scrape at it publicly. Emora got degunkered and cleaned every friendship of its remaining politeness. degunkificationed adj. Drunk in a way that attempts to cleanse the party by removing anything, or anyone, deemed untidy. Anfal became degunkificationed and began reorganising the guests by conversational usefulness. degustation menued adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion receives a separate course of remarks and none is filling. Dekon got degustation menued, serving each guest a different opinion in measured portions. degustationed adj. You are drunk and tasting the water carefully, as though the tap has supplied a distinguished vintage. Theresea was degustationed, considering the glass of water in thoughtful little sips. dehabilitationed (/diːhəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that gradually estranges a person from friends, family, and the table beside them. Alveena became dehabilitationed and spent supper loosening every bond within conversational reach. dehackered adj. Drunk to the extent of unloading companions from conversation and stacking them wherever space permits. Kaydynce got dehackered and arranged the guests against the wall in orderly rows. dehairered adj. Drunk on the strength of removing every visible sign of composure from the people nearby. Leeland became dehairered and ran a hand through each guest's carefully arranged fringe.