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false northinged adj. Describing a drinker who has added a generous constant to the journey home and cannot find true north. Bricelyn went false northinged after closing time and treated every turning as a convenient approximation. false noted adj. A drinker who produces the wrong note whenever last orders are announced. Narges went false noted and sang the landlord's closing announcement in a key of her own. false number 9'd adj. A drinker so far gone that he retreats from the bar, then returns whenever the conversation needs a striker. Jaygo was false number 9'd, dropping back from the bar before making a sudden run towards the kebab shop. false owlet mothed adj. The state of being drunk and indistinguishable from the darker furnishings once the coats have been collected. Kayli became false owlet mothed beneath the cloakroom lights and was nearly left with the umbrellas. false oxlipped adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a hybrid of pub confidence and morning-after delicacy. Caya was false oxlipped by the third round, flourishing among strangers but wilting near the taxi rank. false pimpernelled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, overlooked and unexpectedly difficult to retrieve from the pub. Seanthomas went false pimpernelled beneath the last table and required careful extraction at closing. false pineappled adj. Reduced by drink to a hard-looking arrangement of separate points, all insisting on travelling home together. Murna became false pineappled after last orders, bristling gently while the party negotiated a taxi. false plane treed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, spreading presence that occupies the pavement outside the pub. Myshaun went false plane treed after closing, offering shade, opinions and no progress towards home. false plum anemoned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every farewell conceals several further tentacles of conversation. Larinda became false plum anemoned at last orders, extending each goodbye towards another round. false positived adj. Loosened by drink into treating every absent taxi, coat and acquaintance as definitely present. Caslyn went false positived and insisted her taxi was waiting, although no taxi had been ordered. false potato beetled adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the room in short, purposeful bursts and challenge the nearest table. Bernaldo went false potato beetled after the third round and inspected every table for spare chips. false pregnancied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the journey home develops its own lengthy gestation. Kowsar went false pregnancied between the pub and the taxi rank, requiring several preparatory rests. false pretenced adj. Drunk and maintaining an elaborate account of having left several rounds earlier. Shamill went false pretenced at the bar, asserting that the empty glasses belonged to someone else. false pretensed adj. Drunk to the point where an invented departure is reported with complete administrative confidence. Oshay was false pretensed, having announced his journey home while still waiting beside the till. false primaried adj. Drunk enough to occupy the narrow space between leaving the bar and reaching the outer layer of coats. Hamaya went false primaried, wedged between the pub's inner bustle and the queue for the cloakroom. false quartered adj. Drunk past the point of walking on the foot's proper divisions, particularly between pub and pavement. Branly went false quartered after last orders and negotiated the kerb as though it were uneven terrain.