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European toaded adj. Drunk to the point where rising from the sofa requires a pause, a plan and considerable moral support. Natha was European toaded, poised on the sofa edge and reconsidering the kitchen. European turtle doved adj. Drunk enough to move slowly, make soft conciliatory noises and seek the quietest cushion in the house. Endya was European turtle doved, murmuring apologies to the sofa cushions. European water voled adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the kitchen, with the tap and a glass of water now providing shelter. Mahadev was European water voled beneath the kitchen table, guarded by a full glass. European white elmed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary uprightness, rooted beside the sofa while household activity passes around you. Martir was European white elmed, fixed beside the sofa with roots apparently in the carpet. European wildcated adj. Drunk in a way that makes the kitchen feel occupied by an alert, unsociable creature at midnight. Jolisha was European wildcated, watching the fridge from beneath the kitchen table. European windstormed adj. Drunk, with the result that cushions, coats and kitchen implements have changed location without explanation. Dajan was European windstormed, having redistributed the sofa and emptied the utensil drawer. European-Americanned adj. Drunk to a degree that the kitchen becomes a meeting point between two incompatible arrangements of leftovers. Damorris was European-Americanned, negotiating between the fridge and a plate of cold chips. Europeaned (/(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the whole continent as a plausible walking distance. Houstin got Europeaned and set off for home via three countries and the ring road. Europeanered adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding the sofa, kettle and glass of water as a complete continental system. Namyia was Europeanered, touring the kitchen as though it were a small but significant continent. Europeanisationed adj. Drunk on the strength of gradually replacing every national household custom with one communal glass of water. Kristyann was Europeanisationed, pooling everyone's snacks beside the sofa for administrative efficiency. Europeanismed (/ˌjʊɹəˈpi.ənɪzəmd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who uses a local pub phrase as though it carried continental legal force. Audrea went Europeanismed and declared the last orders bell a binding European instrument. Europeanisted adj. Reduced by drink to approving every cross-border arrangement, including the sharing of one lukewarm packet of nuts. Alvar was Europeanisted and supported a common fund for crisps and coasters. Europeanitied adj. Softened by drink into accepting the pub as a small federation, with no firm borders between rounds. Jyrah grew Europeanitied and invited strangers to join the table's coalition. Europeanizationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become less national with every round, and now treats the whole bar as shared territory. Dayceon got Europeanizationed and proposed pooling the crisps across every table. Europeannessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise sense that every disagreement at the bar requires a wider settlement. Armesha became Europeannessed and drafted terms for sharing the corner table. Europessimismed adj. Loosened by drink into forecasting the collapse of the bar's finances before the next round arrives. Taliba got Europessimismed and predicted austerity after someone ordered premium lager.