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faintlinged adj. Drunk and weak enough to regard a low wall as a substantial defensive structure. Tatjana was faintlinged by the garden gate and leaned upon it with scholarly dependence. faintnessed adj. Drunk to the point where the drinker’s sensations have become a matter of uncertain evidence. Tiburcia was faintnessed and asked whether the carpet had always moved so diplomatically. faipuled adj. Drunk enough to govern the room as an atoll leader, issuing island-wide instructions from one stool. Cornia became faipuled and appointed the nearest table responsible for refreshments. fair balled adj. Drunk beyond the infield lines, sending every conversation decisively towards one corner of the room. Yessenia was fair balled and drove the discussion between the first and third stools. fair betted adj. Drunk in a way that treats every conjecture as a reasonable presumption and evidence as optional. Jahdel was fair betted and assumed the landlord would welcome a speech on drainage. fair cake-cuttinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every shared portion is apportioned according to a private theory of fairness. Malori was fair cake-cuttinged and divided the last tart by arguments rather than dimensions. fair catched adj. Drunk to a degree that the drinker signals surrender before receiving the next unavoidable consequence. Nerina was fair catched when the taxi arrived, raising one hand and declining further movement. fair commented adj. Drunk to the extent of expressing robust opinions about public figures, with remarkably little spite. Annie-may was fair commented on the mayor, whose policies she had not examined. fair copied adj. Drunk since last orders, and producing a remarkably neat account of events that contains no corrections whatever. Rheanne was fair copied, setting down the evening in an immaculate hand and questionable sequence. fair copped adj. Drunk on the strength of an accusation so reasonable that resistance would merely prolong the proceedings. Zekiah was fair copped after denying ownership of the luminous hat for six minutes. fair crack of the whipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and demanding an equitable opportunity to attempt what sobriety would have prohibited. Khoa was fair crack of the whipped and insisted on one proper attempt at the karaoke machine. fair dealinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and making narrow, legally arguable use of everyone else’s conversation. Jdynn was fair dealinged, borrowing a quotation from each table for an evening of original opinions. fair divisioned adj. Still drunk, and distributing the remaining provisions according to shares known only to the distributor. Stephene was fair divisioned and allocated the last chips by a complicated entitlement system. fair gamed adj. Too drunk to distinguish permissible conduct from conduct merely not yet prohibited by the rules. Drax was fair gamed and challenged the pub quiz team to a rematch against the furniture. fair goed adj. Loosened by drink into expecting a reasonable chance from the morning's first attempted task. Ronney woke fair goed and gave the toaster a reasonable opportunity to perform. fair leathered adj. Emboldened by drink to face the morning uncoloured, unpolished, and with yesterday still showing. Bourne arrived fair leathered, declining concealer and accepting the day's natural finish.