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Eloed (/ˈiːloʊd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every exchange to a contest with a changing score. Maximo was Eloed, keeping score as he lost each argument to the coat rack. Elohismed adj. A drinker who has renamed the highest authority in the room and expects everyone to comply. Paladin was Elohismed, addressing the bar manager as though conferring divine instructions. Elohisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance acquires the solemnity of an ancient text. Seliana was Elohisted, delivering the drinks order as though preserving a sacred fragment. Eloied (/ˈiːlɔɪd/) adj. The state of being drunk and domesticated into accepting the nearest chair as a permanent habitat. Swayde was Eloied by ten, settled beside the radiator and resistant to all proposed journeys. Elon timed adj. The condition of a drinker who promises to arrive shortly, requiring repeated and increasingly generous estimates. Evaa was Elon timed, still two minutes away after forty minutes and one missed landing. Elsanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the nearest lavatory for a self-contained solution. Zeph was Elsanned and treated the portable lavatory as both destination and accommodation. Elsassianed adj. Reduced by drink to a person who can manage only the shortest, most neutral account of himself. Chrystell was Elsassianed, offering her name and no further information before sitting down. Elsatianed adj. Softened by drink into a harmless blur of limbs, vowels and uncertain intentions. Laniah was Elsatianed by the landing, smiling at the handrail as though it had helped. Elunchunned adj. A drinker who has retreated into the far edge of the morning, where conversation arrives late. Hashmeet sat Elunchunned beside the radiator, receiving breakfast news several minutes after delivery. Elutted adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered the route home to the nearest person holding a phone. Orla was Elutted and followed the map without questioning its improbable detour. Elvis countried adj. Emboldened by drink to treat any remote corner as a place where ordinary rules have stopped applying. Klevis was Elvis countried, attempting the back staircase as though it were an unexplored frontier. Elvis operatored adj. Slowed by drink to return the first available answer, unless it is false, when the next is considered instead. Latunia was Elvis operatored, accepting the first coat offered and only reconsidering when it proved too small. Elvis sandwiched adj. Drunk and compressed between two people, with enough stickiness to make separation impractical. Chequita was Elvis sandwiched between the bar and a stranger, holding both halves together by leaning. Elvis taxonned adj. Drunk to the point where a former disappearance is confidently reported, despite the subject having merely changed rooms. Milya was Elvis taxonned after vanishing upstairs and reappearing beside the crisps. Elvisdomed adj. Drunk enough to regard every room as part of a larger fandom and every stranger as a fellow devotee. Anakah was Elvisdomed, discussing obscure recordings with the man guarding the cloakroom. Elvised (/ˈɛlvɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an unrequested imitation, complete with borrowed gestures and uncertain timing. Harshini was Elvised, turning the queue for the toilets into a private performance.