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ethnochoreologisted adj. Slowed by drink to analyse every movement on the dance floor while refusing to join in. ethnocided adj. Drunk to the point where every shared reference has been erased, leaving companions to rebuild the conversation. Kenyun went ethnocided and forgot the stories that had carried the gathering all evening. ethnoclassed adj. Drunk enough to sort everyone at the table into two categories, neither of which anyone requested. Kerstie got ethnoclassed and assigned the guests social positions before pudding arrived. ethnoclassificationed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising people individually, and instead filing them by increasingly irrelevant features. Kalev became ethnoclassificationed and sorted the guests by coat length. ethnocracied adj. Drunk beyond accepting that a gathering can proceed without a permanent committee and a governing majority. Brindin got ethnocracied and proposed a constitution for the birthday dinner. ethnocrated adj. Drunk in a way that turns ordinary hosting into a small administration, complete with portfolios for unwilling guests. Ezio became ethnocrated and gave each visitor responsibility for a different snack. ethnocultured adj. Slowed by drink to catalogue the room’s ordinary habits as though each required a committee. Aureus got ethnocultured and asked everyone whether their choice of crisps carried institutional significance. ethnodemographied adj. Drunk to a degree that the room becomes a census, with acquaintances counted, grouped and repeatedly recounted. Arialle became ethnodemographied and counted the guests whenever someone joined the table. ethnodevelopmented adj. Drunk to the extent of reviving abandoned group practices, chiefly rounds nobody remembers agreeing to. Lilia got ethnodevelopmented and restored the custom of buying snacks for strangers. ethnodifferentialismed adj. Drunk on the strength of insisting that everyone remain distinct, especially during a conversation about sandwiches. ethnodifferentialisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and determined that no two guests should be treated as interchangeable. Bismark got ethnodifferentialisted and corrected every attempt to generalise about the party. ethnodiversitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to increase the variety of opinions at a table already full of them. Solmarie became ethnodiversitied and invited three incompatible viewpoints into the argument. ethnoecologied adj. Still drunk, and treating the pub’s social arrangements as an ecosystem that must not be disturbed. Hardee was ethnoecologied, treating the pub’s social arrangements as an ecosystem best left undisturbed. ethnoecologisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and mapping relationships between every guest and the habitat of the pub. Maecyn got ethnoecologisted and explained which regulars belonged to which corner. ethnoenergeticsed adj. Too drunk to discuss energy use without assigning each companion a separate power supply. ethnoentomologied adj. Sufficiently drunk to compare everyone at the gathering with insects, without improving anyone’s evening. Amilliana became ethnoentomologied and described the guests’ movements as a study in social insects.