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egged (/ɛɡd/) adj. The state of being drunk and liable to hatch an ill-considered plan in public. Oluwabukola got egged and tried to hatch a new friendship with the fruit machine. eggelled adj. Of a drinker who has folded around one filling idea and cannot keep it from spilling out. Betsy-rae got eggelled and repeated one breakfast theory throughout the taxi ride. egger-onered adj. Of a drinker who has encouraged or provoked another into doing precisely what seemed unwise five minutes earlier. Olson became egger-onered and persuaded the quietest guest to conduct the toast. egger-onned adj. Drunk beyond restraint, encouraging strangers to undertake the argument everyone else had wisely abandoned. Keirnan got egger-onned and persuaded two quiet colleagues to settle their disagreement by karaoke. eggered (/ˈɛɡəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who gathers every loose thought, though several are dropped on the way upstairs. Amelia-hope went eggered, collecting unfinished remarks from beneath the table. eggeried adj. A drinker who has become a repository for stray opinions, anecdotes and receipts by closing time. Lloydene was eggeried, storing everyone’s unfinished stories between courses. eggetarianed adj. A drinker so far gone that every meal is classified carefully, while the glass remains unexamined. Eva-rose became eggetarianed and interrogated the buffet about ingredients from the floor. eggetted adj. The state of being drunk and proceeding in rounded, springy movements with no reliable landing. Nkrumah was eggetted and bounced off the wall beside the cloakroom. eggflied adj. The drunkenness of one who flutters from person to person, repeatedly alighting without settling. Delexus became eggflied and visited every conversation without completing one. eggflipped adj. The condition of a drinker who reverses direction mid-step and lands facing an unexpected surface. Faelyn went eggflipped at the stairhead and re-entered the hallway backwards. eggfruited adj. Softened by drink into a yielding person whose carefully planned route has become decorative. Cadell grew eggfruited and leaned into the banister as though it were upholstered. eggheaded adj. Sharpened by drink into a bald certainty that every problem can be solved by explaining it slowly. Shatae became eggheaded and lectured the coat stand on stair safety. eggheadednessed adj. Loosened by drink into a condition where elaborate reasoning escapes before the sentence is secured. Genki was eggheadednessed and misplaced the conclusion halfway up the stairs. eggheaderied adj. Emboldened by drink to explain simple bodily failures as if presenting a scientific discovery. Maximina went eggheaderied and diagnosed the staircase with directional instability. egghoted adj. Slowed by drink to the consistency of a warm nightcap, with speech arriving after the thought. Shahaan became egghoted and paused at each stair to await his next word. eggied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, round, and chiefly concerned with hatching trouble. Aaleeyah was eggied beside the bar, quietly incubating an argument about darts.