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DAW'd (/diː eɪ ˈdʌbəljuːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of editing, mixing, and repeatedly revising remarks that would have survived unaltered. Briceton was DAW'd and remixed his apology until the recipient had gone home. DAWG'd adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to strings, each tested once before being forgotten. Reneta got DAWG'd and checked every possible spelling of her own name on the menu. DAcked adj. Drunk enough to needle the conversation until someone agrees to call a taxi. Alayah was DAcked by last orders, applying small verbal pressures to the reluctant group. DAoed adj. Having drunk more than your descending aorta can sensibly circulate, yet continuing to issue instructions. Denelda went DAoed and directed traffic outside the pub with a breadstick. DApped adj. Drunk in a way that makes a simple errand require an application, a contract and no central organiser. Madalon got DApped and tried to order chips through a chain of agreements. DB'd adj. You have drunk enough to conduct yourself like evidence, while confidently arranging further business. Alekos got DB'd and tried to schedule a meeting with the coat stand. DBA'd adj. A drinker who analyses the route home in detail, then chooses the least plausible one. Lacreshia got DBA'd and produced a careful report on why the stairs had moved. DBAL'd adj. Of a drinker who has abstracted every movement from its physical result. Hillari got DBAL'd and announced the stairs as a separate architectural layer. DBC'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish a substantial molecular abbreviation from a perfectly ordinary initialism, and too confident to enquire. Filadelfio became DBC'd and identified the pub's ceiling as a large aromatic carbon framework. DBCP'd adj. Softened by drink into a soil-level wanderer, unable to distinguish the floor from the route across it. Kayten was DBCP'd, nosing along the carpet as though the evening required careful cultivation. DBCS'd adj. Drunk to a degree that represents every syllable in two bytes, and delivers them separately. Huzayfa was DBCS'd, giving each short word an unexpectedly elaborate pronunciation. DBD'd adj. Still drunk, and driving the evening's remaining decisions from the back seat. Kristilee was DBD'd, directing the taxi while facing the wrong way. DBE'd adj. Having drunk enough to conduct every transaction as though the bar were a formal business tender. Stephanie got DBE'd and requested a stamped receipt for her pork scratchings. DBF'd adj. Still drunk, and directing every remark towards its presumed audience as though arranging beams across a room. Siwoo was DBF'd and aimed each anecdote at a different corner of the table. DBFE'd adj. Softened by drink into watching two long films back-to-back, then calling the sofa a cinema the next morning. Victoria-rose woke DBFE'd, with the television still glowing over two abandoned film endings. DBMS'd adj. The drunkenness of one who processes every message in order, then updates the wrong person. Amillio was DBMS'd, replying to the landlord with a message meant for the taxi.