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Dantismed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned a short walk home into a grand moral allegory ending at the kebab shop. Sherla was Dantismed and assigned symbolic significance to every puddle. Dantisted adj. Reduced by drink to explaining every minor inconvenience through a poet’s complete works. Ravis became Dantisted and blamed the missing umbrella on an obscure canticle. Dantologied adj. Softened by drink into treating the pub’s ordinary miseries as material for serious literary study. Ahlena became Dantologied and found the queue rich in theological implication. Danton collared adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing the room from beneath an elaborate fold of shirt, then losing the shirt. Jymon became Danton collared and delivered a republican speech beside the coat hooks. Dantonisted adj. Loosened by drink into supporting a revolution whose immediate objective is another round. Hudsynn went Dantonisted and demanded reform of the pub’s seating arrangements. Dantophiled adj. Emboldened by drink to recite Italian poetry to a person who has asked only for the time. Prue grew Dantophiled and declaimed magnificently beside the cigarette machine. Dantophilisted adj. Slowed by drink to explaining the virtues of Dante’s poetry one syllable at a time. Jamane was Dantophilisted and took four minutes to praise a single stanza. Dantzig-Wolfe decompositioned adj. Drunk and breaking the evening into manageable subproblems, each deferred until tomorrow. Vaunita became Dantzig-Wolfe decompositioned and postponed finding her coat indefinitely. Danube Swabianed adj. Drunk to the point where a complicated historical classification is preferable to admitting you have missed the last bus. Prayze became Danube Swabianed and offered the driver a genealogy instead of a ticket. Danube bleaked adj. Drunk enough to move through the room with the solemn, flat efficiency of a fish avoiding attention. Devaun became Danube bleaked and glided past the buffet without making a ripple. Danube salmonned adj. Drunk past the point of resisting the current, returning repeatedly to the bar with heroic futility. Makomborero became Danube salmonned and swam upstream towards the last round. Danube sturgeoned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary social navigation, ancient in bearing and chiefly concerned with the nearest basin. Caesare became Danube sturgeoned and regarded the sink as a venerable inland sea. Danubianed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the living room seem archaeologically significant, especially once you sit on the floor. Retia became Danubianed and uncovered an early cultural layer beneath the coffee table. Danzigered adj. Describing a drinker who has made every acquaintance in the room an honorary local, and expects reciprocal recognition. Eren became Danzigered and asked the barmaid whether she had always lived in the old town. Daoismed (/daʊɪzm̩d/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has stopped resisting the slow, inevitable arrival of the morning after. Shawday was Daoismed, allowing the kettle and headache to proceed without intervention. Daoisted (/daʊɪstd/) adj. Softened by drink into accepting the morning's disorder as something best not pushed against. Manvel was Daoisted, letting the unanswered messages and cold coffee remain where they were.