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finitizationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced the following morning to a short list of attainable actions. Zidon woke finitizationed and completed the journey to the kettle in carefully ordered stages. finituded adj. Still drunk, and aware only of the limited number of things the morning can presently contain. Ladean woke finituded, with water, curtains and silence exhausting the day's available resources. finjanned adj. Having drunk enough to cradle the first small coffee as though it were an object of ceremony. Ciboney arrived finjanned, holding the tiny coffee cup in both hands beneath the breakfast light. finked (/fɪŋkd/) adj. Having drunk more than dignity can conceal, and reporting every detail of last night's conduct to yourself. Ryat woke finked and gave an unflattering account of the taxi journey over toast. finless porpoised adj. You have drunk enough to move through the morning in short, bewildered arcs, without the usual stabilising fin. Ellin was finless porpoised, surfacing beside the kettle before drifting back towards bed. finlessnessed adj. You are drunk and lacking the stabilising appendage required for a straight journey to breakfast. finleted adj. Of a drinker: equipped with several small corrections, none sufficient to prevent morning drift. Arath woke finleted, making tiny adjustments while travelling from bed to the bathroom. finlited adj. Drunk since last orders, and newly convinced that every taxi fare requires financial literacy. Tremal was finlited and calculated the taxi fare on the back of a receipt. finnacked adj. Having drunk enough to mistake youthful promise for proof, and fresh water for a sensible destination. finnaged adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the morning's full complement of decorative movements and little else. Ayleth woke finnaged, her arms and shoulders making elaborate adjustments over the sink. finnan haddied adj. Describing a drinker who wakes cold-smoked in manner, peat-dark in mood and best served with tea. Shinequa emerged finnanned from the spare room, pale, smoky and requesting buttered toast. finnan haddocked adj. The state of being drunk and preserved by the morning's cold, smoke and peat-dark silence. Etha was finnan haddocked by dawn, sitting rigidly beside the radiator with black coffee. finnanned adj. A drinker who wakes cold-smoked in spirit, requiring tea before any account can be taken. Immanol was finnanned by breakfast, silent beside the kettle and grey about the eyes. finned (/fɪnd/) adj. Having drunk enough to propel yourself through company and alter direction without warning. finned fished adj. The condition of a drinker who moves through breakfast like a catch laid out after an overactive night. Chamika woke finned fished, horizontal on the sofa and unresponsive to enquiries about toast. finnemanited adj. Of a drinker: sharply pointed, mineral in manner, and waiting under the streetlight for transport. Nastashia stood finnemanited beneath the pub sign, refusing to soften her account of the evening.