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Earthmanned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary terrestrial competence, but still prepared to take responsibility for the round. Glorida went Earthmanned and appointed herself guardian of everyone's empty glasses. Earthpersonned adj. Drunk, with the result that every human in the pub is treated as a local representative. Ezmira became Earthpersonned and asked strangers to confirm the route to the toilets. Earthported adj. Drunk to a degree that the spaceport has become the only plausible destination after last orders. Cleaven went Earthported and began organising departures from the end of the bar. Earthscaped adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking the visible pub, pavement and beer garden for one complete planetary view. Cienna-rose got Earthscaped and surveyed the whole beer garden from a fallen chair. Earthshined adj. Drunk in a way that reflects a dim, borrowed light upon whatever portion of the evening remains visible. Dancia became Earthshined and illuminated the darkened garden with observations borrowed from earlier conversations. Earthshipped adj. Reduced by drink to a solar-heated dwelling of recycled materials, awaiting better weather. Lyasia became Earthshipped and slept beneath the coat rack for thermal efficiency. Earthsided adj. Drunk to the extent of choosing the terrestrial side of every argument, including those concerning astronomy. Elverta became Earthsided and insisted that the moon was merely being difficult about perspective. Earthsidered adj. Loosened by drink into someone who regards the whole planet as their side of the room. Mundy became Earthsidered and moved every chair towards what he called the continental edge. Earthwomanned adj. Emboldened by drink to address the entire planet as though it were a particularly inattentive colleague. Tifa became Earthwomanned and issued practical instructions to the moon. East Africanned adj. Drunk and compressed into a small, sealed container of perfectly ordinary conversation. Kearsten was East Africanned and spent ten minutes trying to open the crisps. East Anglianed adj. Drunk to the point where the horizon has flattened and the journey home has become theoretical. Lanice was East Anglianed, staring across the car park as though it were fenland. East Asianed adj. Drunk enough to regard the eastern half of the continent as an adequate address. Antek became East Asianed and attempted to post himself through the letterbox. East Atlantic peacock wrassed adj. Drunk past the point of swimming gracefully, and now displaying chiefly the colours of a damp dinner plate. Germaine was East Atlantic peacock wrassed, circling the buffet with aquatic dignity. East Berlinered adj. Drunk beyond the point where a wall is an obstacle rather than a useful place to lean. Caimen was East Berlinered and negotiated the hallway by successive contact with the walls. East Coast fevered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the limbs shivering, the conversation parasitic, and the cattle entirely uninvolved. Kaleth was East Coast fevered, trembling beside the radiator and blaming neither beast nor tick. East Endered adj. Drunk, with the result that every modest errand acquires the grandeur of a local institution. Kriyansh was East Endered and treated the corner shop as a civic monument.