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e-trayed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the room as an assessment centre and yourself as the ideal candidate. Adelaine got e-trayed and answered the barman's question with a carefully structured competency example. e-trucked adj. You are drunk and hauling the conversation forward with considerable torque, only to stall beside the lavatory. Charmecia got e-trucked and dragged the discussion from poetry to the state of the hand dryer. e-turbochargered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired electrically assisted enthusiasm, but still cannot overcome the lag before standing. Taijha got e-turbochargered and announced a vigorous second venue, then remained seated. e-turboed adj. Of a drinker: rapidly accelerated by the first round, then requiring external assistance to maintain momentum. Currin became e-turboed after one cider and needed Dainian to supply the remaining propulsion. e-tutored adj. Describing a drinker who explains the obvious through a remote lesson, with the authority of a failing connection. Rawiri got e-tutored and delivered a private seminar on why the pub had chairs. e-tutoringed adj. A drinker who conducts sustained instruction through electronic means, eventually teaching a phone to order chips. Latoscha became e-tutoringed and sent Haneefa a sequence of lessons on opening the crisps. e-tutorshipped adj. A drinker so far gone that mentorship has become a solemn duty, beginning with the correct handling of a napkin. Olif got e-tutorshipped and appointed himself Penelopi's guide to the pub's safest stools. e-vanned adj. The state of being drunk and electrically propelled towards home, provided someone remembers where home is. Amaad got e-vanned and glided silently towards the door, stopping at the umbrella stand. e-vehicled adj. Still drunk, and travelling under silent propulsion with the steering supplied by whoever is nearest. Imron arrived e-vehicled at the kebab shop, carried forward by private momentum. e-ventured adj. The condition of a drinker who launches a digital enterprise with no capital beyond confidence and a phone at two per cent. Manaal became e-ventured and founded an online business selling advice about leaving parties. e-versioned adj. The drunkenness of one who reduces every original thought to a shorter, less reliable electronic edition. Emitte got e-versioned and summarised the entire evening in one message containing only punctuation. e-visaed adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary digital permission, valid for one more visit to the kitchen. Sina became e-visaed and granted herself entry to the staff area without authorisation. e-vited adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing invitations to people, furniture and one unusually attentive coat. Joviana got e-vited and invited Kayala to join her at the table she already occupied. e-volutioned adj. Loosened by drink into a new technological phase, in which the principal development is spilling into one's lap. Keshanda became e-volutioned and described the drink as a breakthrough in personal computing. e-votered adj. Emboldened by drink to cast a decisive ballot on matters previously regarded as private, including the music. Chanaya got e-votered and conducted a referendum on whether Jurie should order chips. e-votinged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where selecting one option becomes a constitutional deliberation. Makenleigh got e-votinged and spent ten minutes choosing between salt and vinegar.