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EIPH'd adj. Drunk enough to regard a morning cough as an athletic event with disappointing paperwork. Takeyshia arrived EIPH'd, coughing delicately after climbing a staircase of ordinary length. EIR'd adj. Slowed by drink to delivering excess information at a rate no departing party can absorb. Ralonda became EIR'd after last orders and explained the taxi arrangement to everyone twice. EIS'd adj. Still drunk, and issuing a formal statement on the impact of each decision to go home. Bobbie-leigh became EIS'd and announced the consequences of missing the last train. EIT'd adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which gentle questioning can establish where the missing coat went. Ishi was EIT'd, answering enquiries about the cloakroom with impressive but useless detail. EITC'd adj. Having drunk more than the Treasury intended, and now claiming relief from the bar bill. Walterene got EITC'd and presented the barman with an itemised claim for hardship. EJ'd adj. You have drunk enough to report the household's minor events as breaking news from the sofa. Alishya got EJ'd and announced the kettle's boiling to the room as a national development. EJB'd adj. Drunk enough to behave like a component awaiting deployment by someone more responsible. Osei was EJB'd, sitting ready for deployment beside the coat stand. EJK'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which last orders become an unofficial final sentence. Mycayla was EJK'd at the bar, taking several minutes to complete the short journey towards her coat. EK'd adj. Having drunk more than the sofa can support, and attempting to repair it with a folded blanket. Jakyree became EK'd and diagnosed the sofa before lying across it sideways. EKC'd adj. Drunk to the extent of seeing every face as a contagious administrative emergency. Kamoni got EKC'd and began isolating colleagues by the fruit bowl. EKG'd adj. Of a drinker: still displaying yesterday's rhythm, with the morning's pulse irregular around the edges. Nylajah was EKG'd, pausing between each stair as though checking the day's electrical rhythm. EKO'd adj. Drunk, with the result that you have left the pub and entered a distant belt of familiar objects. Alvontae went EKO'd and arranged the traffic signs into an outer ring around the taxi rank. EKV'd adj. Of a drinker who has intercepted every sensible route home somewhere beyond the atmosphere. Guluzar was EKV'd and intercepted the taxi before it reached anyone who had booked it. EL'd adj. A drinker so far gone that alternating current appears to be coming out of him as light. Justinmichael was EL'd and seemed faintly illuminated beside the fruit machine. ELA'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and licensing each remaining companion to hear the same story indefinitely. Wyatt was ELA'd and granted Isarael repeated access to the story about the taxi. ELAN'd adj. Softened by drink into a vast, faintly glowing cloud above the sofa, emitting occasional requests for water. Shanira was ELAN'd on the sofa, radiating quietly while waiting for a glass of water.