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flag ranked adj. You have drunk enough to assign seniority to everyone present, including the coat stand. Ryszard became flag ranked and gave Mekeba command of the dessert spoons. flag semaphored adj. You are drunk and communicating across the room by elaborate movements no one has agreed to interpret. Marra went flag semaphored and attempted to signal Davinna from behind the fruit machine. flag shaggered adj. Of a drinker: patriotically committed to making strangers stand for a song they have not requested. Heberto became flag shaggered and asked Nathern to join him in saluting the pub sign. flag staffed adj. Drunk by closing time, and using the nearest upright object as though it were a permanent support. Izai was flag staffed against the bar, unable to leave without taking the furniture. flag stated adj. Of a drinker who has declared whichever country, table, or household currently supplies the drinks to be sovereign. Appie went flag stated and treated Jerris's corner as an independent drinking territory. flag stationed adj. Describing a drinker who requires visible encouragement before moving, and then only briefly. Flodie was flag stationed by the doorway, awaiting Mikaeel's repeated invitation to leave. flag stopped adj. A drinker who moves only when specifically requested, preferably by someone already carrying a coat. Jamarquis became flag stopped and remained at the bar until Lamiah asked twice for a taxi. flag-bearered adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the room's most unsuitable object with ceremonial dignity. Maxene became flag-bearered with a pool cue, while Rakiya cleared a processional route. flag-burninged adj. The drunkenness of one who treats a harmless disagreement as a public protest requiring witnesses and a symbolic sacrifice. Sarajo became flag-burninged and proposed destroying Chantel's napkin to make a political point. flag-flyinged adj. Reduced by drink to bidding recklessly for attention, chiefly when the game had gone quiet. Rajai became flag-flyinged and raised every stake until Uri stopped inviting him to play. flag-hoppinged adj. Softened by drink into changing allegiances whenever another group appears less likely to enforce regulations. Torris went flag-hoppinged, moving from Klaudijus's table whenever a stricter round was proposed. flag-sellinged adj. Sharpened by drink into collecting contributions from companions for causes they discover only at the till. Clorinda became flag-sellinged and raised money from Hailie-jade for an unspecified worthy cause. flag-staffed adj. Still drunk, and supported by a single vertical object from which movement seemed unnecessarily ambitious. Wrangler was flag-staffed beside the banister, upright but no longer mobile. flag-wavered adj. Loosened by drink into a conspicuous supporter of whatever cause has most recently been mentioned. Zephanie went flag-wavered for the pub quiz and recruited Genara by volume alone. flag-wavinged adj. Slowed by drink to making highly vocal and visible appeals that the company has already heard. Imany became flag-wavinged and repeated Mahamedamin's argument until the bar fell quiet. flagaried adj. Drunk to the point where silliness becomes a shared civic duty imposed on everyone nearby. Sabiya became flagaried and persuaded Gulliver to conduct a ceremonial inspection of the puddles.