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distancelessnessed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can measure, you find the walk home has no intervening distance. Derious reached the taxi rank distancelessnessed, having crossed the entire route without acknowledging it. distancered adj. You have drunk enough to keep emotional distance from the bill, the coats, and everyone offering directions home. distancied adj. Of a drinker who has made the walk home a state of remoteness from every known landmark. Effie-rae grew distancied after the final round and regarded the bus stop as a distant rumour. distancing effected adj. Of a drinker: keeping the audience at arm's length by addressing the bar staff as though this were a staged demonstration. Deacon-james became distancing effected during the final round and explained each sip to the room. distancinged (/ˈdɪstənsɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and making the final round, the bar, and the journey home progressively farther apart. Argus grew distancinged while the taxi rank appeared to retreat with every step. distannided adj. Describing a drinker who has paired two tin-pot certainties and carried them into the last round. distannoxaned adj. A drinker who combines two apparently separate matters, usually coats and taxis, until the evening proceeds catalytically. Flame became distannoxaned and attached the coat check to the taxi queue without assistance. distannylened adj. A drinker so far gone that two people, two coats, and two directions home appear joined by a double bond. Hilda was distannylened, leaving the pub with two coats and no reliable account of either. distannyned adj. The state of being drunk and holding the evening together with three increasingly implausible explanations. Arnisha was distannyned by the taxi rank, sustaining a triple-bonded account of where her coat had gone. distantiationed adj. Reduced by drink to placing deliberate theatrical distance between yourself and the coat you are wearing. Brenndan was distantiationed, making his own coat the subject of a formal address. distantnessed adj. Softened by drink into regarding the taxi rank as remote, though visible through the window. Laklyn was distantnessed at closing time, waving fondly towards the taxi rank without approaching it. distasted (/dɪsˈteɪstd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into rejecting the sensible final round in favour of something regrettably memorable. distastefulnessed adj. Loosened by drink into declaring every sensible route home objectionable, particularly the one involving a bus. Jocile became distastefulnessed and dismissed the waiting taxi as insufficiently adventurous. distastured adj. Emboldened by drink to find the coat-check ticket personally offensive and say so at length. Juley was distastured at last orders and accused the coat attendant of hiding the evening. distaunced adj. A drinker who has acquired a medieval gap between thought and movement. Jaileigh was distaunced, with each stair appearing farther away than the last. distaxied (/dɪsˈtæks.id/) adj. Slowed by drink to growing one misaligned plan upon another, especially after the final round.