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false documentaried adj. A drinker who turns ordinary company into a staged account of events, with witnesses unwillingly retained. Bluey became false documentaried and interviewed Suhan about the evening’s allegedly decisive second round. false dropped adj. A drinker so far gone that unaddressed remarks fall out unpredictably during every search for a point. Jadd went false dropped and released unrelated observations whenever Gerise asked what he meant. false eastinged adj. Drunk to a degree that every distance east requires a convenient constant added to it. Deal spent the evening measuring his progress from the bar, false eastinged throughout. false economied adj. Drunk to the extent of saving briefly, then paying rather more for the correction. Janeice went false economied and bought the cheaper bottle opener twice. false equivalenced adj. Drunk on the strength of reasoning that makes two quite different matters seem interchangeable. Courtney-jane got false equivalenced and compared the bar tab with the weather. false eyelashed adj. You are drunk and giving the evening's last orders a more dramatic flutter than they warrant. Alyasa was false eyelashed, ordering another round with an elaborate blink at the barman. false faced adj. Drunk by the third round, and wearing an expression best understood as a mask. Krustal went false faced and spoke politely to the reflection in the window. false fired adj. Drunk by closing time, and signalling confidently without there being much to signal. Fabliha became false fired and waved towards the wrong end of the street. false flagged adj. Still drunk, and presenting as a reasonable person until close enough to speak. Kunga looked false flagged, calm until he reached the dinner table. false flaggered adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct the evening under an assumed allegiance. Cariana went false flaggered and joined the opposing side of an argument. false flagginged adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and behaving as though deception were a social skill. Dashanti was false flagginged, changing teams whenever the conversation required it. false flatted adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a temporary rise for the easier part of the route. Elpha was false flatted, celebrating the stairs as though they had ended. false flaxed adj. You are drunk and producing a modest yellow impression of agricultural usefulness. Aaliyah was false flaxed, staining the napkin a restrained shade of yellow. false friended (/ˌfɒls ˈfɹɛndd/) adj. Of a drinker: mistaking a deceptive resemblance for a reliable acquaintance. Hassen became false friended and greeted the stranger as an old colleague. false fruited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired sweetness from somewhere other than the obvious source. Leonilda was false fruited, praising the pudding as though it had grown there. false galenaed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the appearance of a mineral without its useful certainty. Malissa was false galenaed, darkly reflective and of little practical assistance.