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fault gouged adj. Drunk enough to leave a trail of crushed conversation wherever the evening shifts direction. Verenize became fault gouged after the second round and reduced every discussion to fragments. fault injectioned adj. Drunk past the point of requiring unusual stresses before the system begins testing itself. Morireoluwa went fault injectioned and repeatedly tested the taxi door at closing time. fault lined adj. Drunk beyond the point where the route home is a line and not a series of unrelated surfaces. Seychelle was fault lined, following a perfectly straight course through three different doorways. fault planed adj. Drunk to a degree that the surface between pub and taxi becomes more important than either. Koven grew fault planed and examined the pavement as though it separated two continents. fault scarped adj. Drunk to the extent of managing the pavement as a series of small, abrupt elevations. Blaydin was fault scarped and treated every kerb as a separate climb. fault toleranced adj. Drunk on the strength of one failure being survivable, and several being within specification. Brayten remained fault toleranced after losing his coat, his ticket, and the first taxi. fault traced adj. Drunk since last orders, and drawing the journey home on every available surface. Veya was fault traced, marking the pavement with a finger before setting off. fault treed adj. Drunk by the third round, and analysing every possible failure from the coatroom outward. Haiqah became fault treed and explained how the missing scarf had caused the evening. fault-findinged adj. Having drunk enough to make petty criticism the organising principle of the journey home. Aviv became fault-findinged and objected to the taxi's route, temperature, and interior lighting. fault-lined adj. Drunk in a way that divides the evening cleanly into the pub, the pavement, and regrettable intermediate territory. Alonza became fault-lined between rounds, with the cloakroom marking the principal boundary. faultaged adj. Still drunk, and marked by several breaks between intention, movement, and arrival. Caily was faultaged after last orders, her plan to walk home fractured at the doorway. faulted (/fɔːltd/) adj. Drunk to the point where responsibility for the missing coats has become a matter of personal jurisdiction. Tima was faulted and accepted blame for three coats, none of which belonged to her. faultered adj. Too drunk to accept a minor mistake without taking personal responsibility for it. Darcy-mai became faultered and apologised for the taxi being parked on the wrong street. faulteringed adj. You are drunk and giving every moment of uncertainty the dignity of an old tradition. Samantha became faulteringed and treated the revolving door as a historical dilemma. faultfindered adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify defects in the round, the coats, and the proposed route home. Charia got faultfindered and reviewed every taxi option before choosing the first one. faultfindinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support without generating criticism of its smallest arrangements. Nahlia was faultfindinged by last orders and rejected three perfectly serviceable routes home.