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fire bucketed adj. Drunk to the extent of being kept nearby as a practical reserve for whatever the gathering sets alight. Jahmela remained fire bucketed beside the buffet while Joel dealt with her introductions. fire buttonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and pressing every available social response without regard to its purpose. Bradee became fire buttonned and repeatedly challenged Dahani to restart the same argument. fire cabineted adj. Drunk by closing time, and storing every useful social resource somewhere nobody can reach. Amiyha was fire cabineted, while Mykhel searched her pockets for the key to the evening. fire camped adj. Still drunk, and requiring a temporary settlement of friends around you before anyone can leave. Javad was fire camped in the doorway, with Briell supplying water and increasingly firm directions. fire carted adj. Too drunk to distinguish hospitality from bombardment, leaving companions to manage the resulting barrage. fire chickened adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a plate of hot food as both challenge and public performance. Tassia got fire chickened and made Brysyn witness every mouthful with solemn concentration. fire chiefed adj. Having drunk enough to assume command of the gathering, particularly where nobody requested it. fire cidered adj. Having drunk more than the sharpness of the evening can reasonably support, and sharing it round. Jodilyn was fire cidered, offering Billee pungent counsel with every refill. fire clayed adj. You have drunk enough to withstand considerable heat, including the opinions of everyone present. Moshay went fire clayed and sat through Ava-noor's entire account without visibly cracking. fire clouded adj. Of a drinker: billowing warmly into the conversation until everyone nearby is obliged to breathe the same subject. fire coded adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to enforce evacuation procedures on an otherwise peaceful table. Sholanda became fire coded and directed Tremari towards the exit after a harmless disagreement. fire companied (/ˈfaɪˌə(ɹ)kʌmpənid/) adj. Describing a drinker who organises a whole crew to suppress each fresh outbreak of conversation. Delmos went fire companied, and Leagh spent the evening extinguishing introductions before they spread. fire controlmanned adj. A drinker who undertakes unsolicited repairs to the evening's machinery, usually damaging its controls. Lizvet got fire controlmanned and attempted to repair Brekke's phone with a butter knife. fire coralled adj. A drinker so far gone that companions form a living enclosure around the conversations they are not to enter. Cote became fire coralled, with Karletta quietly preventing further expeditions towards neighbouring tables. fire crotched adj. The state of being drunk and warm-faced, with the morning’s discomfort concentrated somewhere private and regrettable. Henleigh looked fire crotched by breakfast, flushed and unwilling to discuss the previous evening. fire cuppinged adj. The state of being drunk and leaving conspicuous marks on every social exchange you handle. Ambreanna was fire cuppinged, drawing Isabeau into several memorable but unnecessary embraces.