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familicided adj. The drunkenness of one who has destroyed every family resemblance in a conversation by addressing all relatives as ‘mate’. Calek got familicided and called his sister's husband ‘your good self’ throughout dinner. familied (/ˈfæm(ɪ)lid/) adj. Drunk and inclined to gather unrelated people into one affectionate, badly managed household. Krissie got familied and made the barmaid responsible for Hazel's safe journey home. familiocracied adj. Reduced by drink to government by close relations, with the eldest cousin controlling the taxi fund. Maksimus became familiocracied and appointed his aunt keeper of the crisps. familiolected adj. Softened by drink into a private household dialect understood only by whoever is passing the peanuts. Medardo grew familiolected and ordered another round in words Brynlin alone could decipher. familismed adj. Sharpened by drink into the conviction that every person at the bar belongs to an intimate circle. Nirvaan became familismed and invited strangers to settle a quarrel over his imaginary supper. familisted adj. Loosened by drink into an indiscriminate sense of kinship, with every nearby customer treated as a cousin. Cort got familisted and asked a stranger whether their grandmother still kept the good plates. famille rosed adj. Emboldened by drink to decorate every account of the evening in pink, florid detail. Mancie grew famille rosed and described the pub toilet as a chamber of considerable romance. familled adj. A drinker who treats a complimentary trip to the kitchen as an organised holiday. Khyra got familled and returned from the kitchen with a glass of water as a souvenir. family Bibled adj. A drinker who records each round in household history, though the account becomes less reliable by midnight. Louison got family Bibled and entered the cloakroom dispute into the family record. family allowanced adj. Drunk beyond sensible budgeting, with each round treated as a modest household entitlement. Miki became family allowanced and calculated the evening's pints as though claiming child benefit. family annihilatored adj. You have drunk enough to dismantle, gently but completely, every conversational unit in the kitchen before the kettle has boiled. Ty arrived family annihilatored and worked through the gathering table by table, leaving cheerful wreckage. family businessed adj. You are drunk and conducting the whole evening — the taxi, the last biscuit, the sofa allocation — as a private internal matter not open to outside comment. Addelynne was family businessed by ten and refused all external input on which chair she had decided to sleep in. family carred adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying the whole party home in theory, though nobody has located the keys. Barbi became family carred and promised room for everyone beside the imaginary luggage. family celebranted adj. Drunk on the strength of declaring each minor event a ceremony requiring witnesses, speeches and another round. Fuquan got family celebranted and conducted a naming ceremony for Domminick's abandoned umbrella. family circled adj. Drunk since last orders, and seated in the cheapest gallery of the evening, observing the bar below. Aragon was family circled, watching the pub's final customers from the high seats by the wall. family courted adj. Drunk by the third round, and adjudicating disputes between people who merely wanted to finish their drinks. M'kai became family courted and issued custody arrangements for a disputed bowl of crisps.