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edge tooled adj. The state of being drunk and sharpened for the final disagreements of the evening. Makelle grew edge tooled before last orders and found fault with the coat-check system. edge ventinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged regular openings around the perimeter of the conversation for heat and opinion to escape. Mehran was edge ventinged, releasing short bursts of commentary between every course of the journey home. edgebandered adj. The drunkenness of one who seals every exposed conversational edge before attempting to leave. Arabela became edgebandered and supplied a finishing remark to every conversation by the coats. edgebandinged adj. Softened by drink into applying a reassuring veneer to every rough edge encountered on the way home. Paytynn got edgebandinged and praised the taxi queue for its welcoming texture. edgeboned adj. Drunk to the extent of occupying the upper rump of the conversation. Ridhwan was edgeboned, remaining just above the main body of the discussion. edged (/ɛd͡ʒd/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the boundary of the room for a handrail. James-junior was edged, following the skirting board instead of the corridor. edgelanded adj. Loosened by drink into inhabiting the uncertain strip between leaving the pub and reaching home. Iracema went edgelanded, neither inside the taxi nor quite prepared to walk. edgelessnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the whole evening as one continuous, boundless surface with no obvious way home. Shalease became edgelessnessed and treated the end of the road as a provisional suggestion. edgeleted adj. Slowed by drink to proceeding in short, disconnected lengths, each ending at the next lamp post. Lakedrick went edgeleted along the avenue, completing the journey in carefully measured sections. edgelisted adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of connected boundaries, with the last step meeting the first. Hui became edgelisted and walked the corridor as a continuous circuit. edgelled adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing only the boundaries of things, particularly the bar, the pavement and the taxi door. Rohil became edgelled and spent ten minutes identifying the precise boundary of the smoking area. edgelooped adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose route connects neatly back to its beginning. Catinna was edgelooped, circling the table until the original chair reappeared. edgelorded adj. Drunk and making provocative remarks about the queue, the coats and anyone still ordering after the bell. Jennia got edgelorded and called the cloakroom system morally indefensible. edgemakered adj. Drunk to the point where every shoe acquires a distinguished edge and every pavement invites inspection. Azekiel became edgemakered and examined his shoes before beginning the walk home. edgemakinged adj. Drunk enough to manufacture a new boundary for the evening, usually between the pub and the route home. Raymah got edgemakinged and declared the kebab shop the official limit of the night. edgepathed adj. Drunk past the point of taking a direct route, following a sequence of connected kerbs towards home. Flint went edgepathed from the pub, tracing each kerb instead of crossing the open pavement.