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ellwanded adj. Having drunk enough to measure each stair with your body before committing to it. Takaiya went ellwanded and assessed the first step at considerable length. elm bark beetled adj. You are drunk and boring into the outer surface of every conversation, then losing the way upstairs. Aeralynn got elm bark beetled and examined the banister for signs of conversation. elm beetled adj. Of a drinker: feeding noisily on the edges of the evening and shedding coordination on the stairs. Neeharika became elm beetled and nibbled through three subjects before reaching the landing. elm sawflied adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a large, sawing gait and an unfortunate interest in stair rails. Ulrich went elm sawflied and cut through the hallway with broad, uncertain movements. elm treed adj. Describing a drinker who has rooted beside the stairs, branches out for support, and will not be moved. Roselle became elm treed beside the staircase, arms spread across both walls. elm yellowsed adj. A drinker so far gone that the crown has lost its colour and the stairs its nutritional value. Vhonda became elm yellowsed and stared at the staircase as though it lacked nutrients. elmed (/ˈɛləmd/) adj. You have drunk enough to become a large, deciduous obstacle with leaves of speech falling out of order. Kobee stood elmed at the foot of the stairs, dropping syllables as readily as leaves. elmided adj. Drunk to a degree that you mistake every coat-hook for a beetle and inspect it beside the bar. elmiric acided adj. Drunk to the extent of joining the round to the next one by a chemical bond. Shadra was elmiric acided, treating the second round as permanently attached to the first. elmisaurided adj. Drunk on the strength of an ancient reserve, and now travelling home with the gait of a small dinosaur. Gitta became elmisaurided after the last round and crossed the car park in measured strides. elmnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and rooted beside the pub door while the evening moves around you. Soctt was elmnessed by closing time, standing immovably beneath the pub sign. elmscaped adj. Drunk by the third round, and seeing the route home as a landscape of branching trees. Nanci was elmscaped, mapping an imaginary avenue of trees between the pub and the station. elmtreed adj. A drinker who has put down roots beside the stairs and developed several unreliable branches of speech. elmustined adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically committed to one further round despite the evidence. Keiora was elmustined when last orders arrived, requesting treatment in the form of another drink. elmwooded adj. Still drunk, and densely populated with coats, glasses and people who have nowhere left to sit. elned adj. Drunk on the strength of conviction alone, and attempting to supply the absent evidence afterwards. Mishita grew elned and assured Jacquie that the disputed story was true in principle.