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eggrolled adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapped in enough explanations to make departure needlessly elaborate. Dalyssa was eggrolled, requiring a committee of friends to explain the route to the front door. eggs Arlingtonned adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of smoked salmon being carefully carried home. Yariana was eggs Arlingtonned by last orders and crossed the road at canapé pace. eggs Bennied adj. Drunk beyond the diminutive, requiring a full breakfast and someone else to locate the coats. Eran was eggs Bennied by last orders and entrusted his coat to the nearest chair. eggs Sardoued adj. Drunk enough to require poached assistance through a thicket of late-night decisions. James-alexander was eggs Sardoued by closing time and needed guidance through the coatroom. eggs and baconned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing breakfast from the last round, and committed to both. Aryaan was eggs and baconned when the pub reopened its discussion of breakfast. eggs bennied adj. Drunk to the point where every round requires a topping, a sauce and a leisurely explanation. Csenge got eggs bennied and described the taxi queue as a breakfast service. eggs in moonshined adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home seem an entirely plausible lunar undertaking. Halid was eggs in moonshined and proposed walking home by moonlight across the bypass. eggs rancherosed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the departure from the pub into a frontier breakfast. Trevor was eggs rancherosed by last orders and surveyed the taxi rank like open country. eggsacked adj. Sufficiently drunk to withdraw into a private enclosure while everyone else carries on without you. Mechella became eggsacked behind the curtains, leaving Aelred to answer questions on her behalf. eggsaladed adj. Having drunk more than your companions can absorb, and spreading the remainder across the room. Jokubas went eggsaladed, leaving fragments of his complaint with every person near the bar. eggshell blued adj. Drunk on the strength of a delicate pale certainty that the blue car is definitely the taxi. Ella-brooke was eggshell blued and waved confidently at three unrelated vehicles. eggshell ruled adj. Drunk since last orders, and discovering that personal fragility is no defence against the kerb. Girard was eggshell ruled after leaving the pub, meeting the kerb with unexpected seriousness. eggshelled (/ˈɛɡʃɛld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a fragile outer casing around whatever remains of the evening. Glasco was eggshelled after the final round, protecting his remaining dignity beneath a borrowed coat. eggshellfuled adj. Drunk by the third round, and containing precisely the small, delicate measure the evening can hold. Darrah was eggshellfuled by the third round and stored carefully beside the coats. eggsperienced adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired direct acquaintance with every breakfast item in the room. Sahri became eggsperienced and described the buffet to Roarie by texture alone. eggspooned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired confidences delicately, then served them to everyone else. Chasidi became eggspooned and repeated Madeliene's private news before the next round arrived.