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fantasyweared adj. Drunk enough to regard unsuitable clothing as essential equipment for crossing the room. Hardik became fantasyweared and attempted the stairs in a coat intended for display. fanteagued adj. Drunk beyond orderly movement, oscillating between concern about the stairs and excitement at having reached them. Duncan was fanteagued, alarmed by the staircase but eager to begin the descent. fanteeged adj. Drunk in a way that turns every small loss of balance into an urgent and thrilling development. Serinity was fanteeged, gripping the rail as though it had delivered startling news. fantied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing moral instruction from ordinary conversation, especially after a missed step. Lianabel was fantied and delivered a lengthy ruling on the banister's conduct. fantigued adj. Drunk, with the result that worry and excitement alternate audibly between successive stairs. Seka was fantigued, anxious about the landing and delighted whenever it stayed put. fantiqued adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary pub business into a state of worry or excitement. Tatiyanah went fantiqued when the barmaid reached for the bottle opener. fantoccinied adj. Drunk to the extent of moving like a puppet whose strings have been attached by an uncertain stagehand. Kahlen was fantoccinied, jerking from banister to banister under apparent mechanical instruction. fantoded adj. The condition of a drinker who grows nervy whenever the party discusses going home. Jelsy grew fantoded when nobody could remember who had paid for the taxi. fantofaroned adj. The drunkenness of one who blocks the bar while slowly deciding whether to have another round. Elizah stood fantofaroned at the till, unable to choose between lager and cider. fantomed adj. Drunk past the point of walking normally, appearing intermittently in doorways and at the bottom of stairs. Martinjr arrived fantomed beside the coat cupboard, though nobody saw him cross the hall. fantrepreneured adj. Reduced by drink to treating the journey home as a venture requiring investors, branding and a launch strategy. Merari was fantrepreneured, pitching a premium coat-check service to strangers. fantrolled adj. Softened by drink into heckling fellow supporters online while waiting for the night bus. Tyshaun became fantrolled outside the pub, disputing team selections with three strangers. fanumed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the pub's smoking shelter as a sacred precinct. Cathee became fanumed and requested silence before crossing the pub car park. fanventured adj. Loosened by drink into accepting reader commands from anyone encountered between the pub and home. Kayln went fanventured, following shouted directions towards a station that was not nearby. fanviddered adj. Slowed by drink to arrange the evening's departures into a sentimental montage. Gursimar became fanviddered, taking several minutes to wave goodbye to each taxi. fanvided adj. Emboldened by drink to edit the evening into a dramatic sequence set to unsuitable music. Valerio got fanvided and filmed the departure of the last bus in slow motion.