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firelighted (/ˈfaɪə.laɪtd/) adj. Too drunk to remain in ordinary illumination, requiring sympathetic company and a dimmer setting. Caven became firelighted and objected to the dining-room lamps on behalf of everyone present. firelightered adj. Sufficiently drunk to serve as the small, unreliable beginning of a much larger social blaze. firelightinged adj. Having drunk enough to approach every gathering as though it required immediate ignition. firelined adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding company can safely absorb, forming a clear boundary beyond which nobody follows. Serafima became firelined, and Cas quietly moved the children to the other side of the room. fireloaded adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a short journey into a foreseeable incident requiring control. Laniah was fireloaded by midnight, and the descent to the front door became a managed event. firelocked (/ˈfaɪəlɒkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make every small social exchange spark, with consequences no bystander can safely predict. Burdine was firelocked and made a toast that ignited an argument about the seating plan. fireloged adj. You are drunk and lying where the household's warmth is expected to come from, requiring someone else to move you. Lene was fireloged across the settee, so Taquana served drinks around her. firemakered adj. Of a drinker: treated by the company as responsible for producing the evening's next source of warmth or disorder. Aliyia became firemakered when everyone decided she should organise the next round. firemakinged adj. Of a drinker who has turned the preparation of one small celebration into a communal hazard. Cheslea went firemakinged and involved the entire household in lighting a single candle. fireman's carried adj. Having drunk more than can be managed on one's own feet, and now awaiting, with reasonable equanimity, conveyance over a shoulder. Eluid ended the evening fireman's carried to the taxi, still holding his pint glass upright throughout. fireman's chair knotted adj. A drinker so far gone that two companions must secure them between their arms before attempting the journey home. fireman's flaped adj. The state of being drunk and discovering that ordinary dignity has acquired a rear opening. Quasean was fireman's flaped by the end of the camping trip, to Rebeccajo's lasting displeasure. fireman's lifted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a shared carrying responsibility for everyone still capable of standing. Mancil was fireman's lifted from the club while Yulma gathered his coat and remaining shoes. fireman's ruled adj. The drunkenness of one who assumes rescuers will absorb every consequence of their own negligence. firemanned (/ˈfaɪəmənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who responds to every social emergency by rushing in, making it warmer, and worsening it. firemanshipped adj. Reduced by drink to a collection of fire-safety principles recited at length to people trying to leave. Mitsuki became firemanshipped and lectured the guests on extinguishers beside the open oven.