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Finnish forest reindeered adj. Loosened by drink into a wandering figure who leads companions through unfamiliar woodland routes to the kebab shop. Cawanna became Finnish forest reindeered and guided the party behind the supermarket by instinct alone. Finnish horsed adj. Emboldened by drink to offer rides, carry strangers' coats and accept burdens nobody assigned. Luceile went Finnish horsed and transported two handbags, a scarf and one reluctant passenger. Finnished (/ˈfɪn.ɪʃd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a language nobody else at the table can parse, though everyone remains polite. Micala got Finnished and delivered the rest of the evening in increasingly private syllables. Finnishizationed adj. Drunk and steadily making the room Finnish in arrangement, pronunciation and expectations. Koriana got Finnishizationed and reorganised the party around rules that existed only in her head. Finnishmanned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining geographically certain, and now regarding every direction as north. Chantilly became Finnishmanned and consulted the coat stand before attempting the familiar journey home. Finnishnessed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire an entirely unearned confidence in the meaning of the word ‘Finnish’. Carisma got Finnishnessed and offered a solemn explanation of the menu to nobody in particular. Finnmarked (/fɪn.mɑːkd/) adj. You are drunk and assigning obsolete monetary values to drinks that were never priced that way. Bradrick became Finnmarked and insisted that the final round had cost several markkaa. Finno-Ugricisted adj. Of a drinker: treating ordinary conversation as a specialist field requiring comparative linguistic analysis. Kallye grew Finno-Ugricisted and examined the landlord’s phrasing for historical evidence. Finno-Ugristed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to a discussion of languages, with no apparent qualification. Kaymin became Finno-Ugristed and divided the table’s remarks into several unnecessary categories. Finnophoned (/ˈfɪnɒfəʊnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has begun speaking as though the room were waiting for a translation. Marshea became Finnophoned and repeated the order slowly to a waiter who understood it perfectly. Finnraccooned adj. Of a drinker who has begun foraging after dark and treating other people's belongings as promising territory. Yoshihiko went Finnraccooned, examining every unattended bag for provisions and loose change. Finsen lighted adj. A drinker who has become highly actinic, particularly beneath unflattering electric lighting. Janiyan was Finsen lighted by closing time and appeared unusually vivid beside the jukebox. Finteched adj. Reduced by drink to a household financial system that cannot distinguish a receipt from a recipe. Kasan was Finteched, scanning the lasagne instructions as though they were a bank statement. Fintushel-Stern knotted adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired three tangles and no obvious untwisting. Cortes was Fintushel-Stern knotted, with every attempt to leave producing another conversation. Fiordland penguined adj. The state of being drunk and proceeding with a modest waddle towards somewhere colder. Antavis was Fiordland penguined by the final round, moving carefully across the polished floor. Firangied adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the local pub as somewhere newly discovered abroad. Dannylee grew Firangied and photographed the handpulls as cultural evidence.