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deliverologied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each promised round requires an inspection and a committee. Jomara became deliverologied and set targets for reaching the bar before announcing another. delivery confirmationed adj. Drunk enough to require proof that each round, message and person has arrived safely. Latonga became delivery confirmationed and requested receipts for every drink sent to the table. delivery manned adj. The state of being drunk and personally responsible for conveying every remaining snack to its destination. Requita was delivery manned by ten, distributing crisps to rooms that had not requested them. delivery noted adj. Drunk past the point of remembering what arrived, but keen to record that it did. Aubreerose got delivery noted and wrote the chip-shop order on the back of a coaster. delivery ordered adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a lawful release of cargo from a request for another round. Ezra-james went delivery ordered and demanded release of the crisps from behind the bar. delivery receipted adj. Of a drinker who has reached his intended destination, and can produce signed evidence of it. Trenell arrived at the wrong flat, delivery receipted, and insisted the signature settled the matter. delivery roomed adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the sitting room into an operating theatre, chiefly for the birth of a headache. Davontaye was delivery roomed on the sofa, awaiting the difficult arrival of consciousness. delivery timed adj. A drinker who treats the arrival of each further round as a matter of contractual punctuality. Paschal was delivery timed, checking the bar clock whenever another round failed to appear. delivery vanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home requires an enclosed commercial vehicle and a manifest. Emari was delivery vanned from the function, with one shoe listed as outstanding. deliverymanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed himself courier of the evening's minor provisions. Camyah went deliverymanned after the third round and began taking biscuits to strangers. deliverypersonned adj. The drunkenness of one who has assumed responsibility for conveying everything, including objects already in place. Keyah became deliverypersonned and attempted to deliver the chair to the table beneath it. deliverywomanned adj. Reduced by drink to a courier of domestic articles, with the dignity of the office largely intact. Rayni was deliverywomanned, presenting each cushion to the sofa as though it were official correspondence. delivranced adj. The state of being drunk and freed from responsibility for anything said after last orders. Devien was delivranced, released from the evening's obligations by a kindly neighbour. delivraunced adj. The condition of a drinker who has been rescued from the pub but not from the consequences. Deonie was delivraunced at the kerb, still explaining why the doorman had misunderstood. delivred adj. Drunk to the point where every journey between tables becomes a ceremonial procession. Kerianna went delivred and took four minutes to convey one message across the pub. dellaited adj. Softened by drink into a pale, delicate substance best left undisturbed until morning. Wyvonnia sat dellaited in the armchair, colourless and quietly accumulating blankets.