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flannel panelled adj. Still drunk, and assigning every person in the room a formal role beneath an imaginary masthead. Ehsen grew flannel panelled and listed the barman as editor, treasurer, and beverages correspondent. flannel weeded adj. A drinker who has become soft, grey, and rooted to the nearest patch of ground. Arend was flannel weeded, established beside the bins and unwilling to be transplanted. flannel-mouthed adj. Of a drinker who has turned each sentence into a muffled formal announcement about absolutely nothing. flannelboarded adj. Too drunk to move a story forward without placing each character carefully against the wall. flannelbushed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a grey, hairy shrub beside the path and remain there. Yisel was flannelbushed by closing time, pale and stationary beneath the pub's noticeboard. flanneleted adj. Having drunk enough to imitate softness convincingly, particularly when lying down in public. flanneletted adj. Having drunk more than the bedding can reasonably absorb, and seeking pillows with diplomatic urgency. Schawn became flanneletted and negotiated gently with the hotel's decorative cushions. flannelgraphed adj. You have drunk enough to arrange the evening as a children's tale, with yourself moved about by unseen hands. Charlesedward became flannelgraphed and placed every guest into a moral sequence. flannelled (/ˈflænəld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of soft fibres, and now treating every blanket as a minor textile achievement. Margaretjo became flannelled and delivered a lecture on softness to the pub curtains. flannelled fooled adj. You are drunk and batting competently at nothing, in trousers of conspicuous whiteness. Aidet was flannelled fooled, taking a guarded stance beside the jukebox. flannelmouthed adj. Describing a drinker who speaks sluggishly, as though each word must pass through upholstery. Jakaylee was flannelmouthed over the coffee, each word arriving as though upholstered. flannelweeded adj. A drinker so far gone that the garden has accepted him as a small, downy shrub. flannied adj. The state of being drunk and buttoned into a casual shirt with more confidence than coordination. flanninged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an architectural recess, containing echoes and one unanswered question. Nanetta grew flanninged and stood within the doorway as though designed into the building. flannoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted a loose shirt as both attire and governing philosophy. Jememah became flannoed and buttoned herself into the evening's final poor decision. flanqued adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered the middle ground and now depends on both sides. Audery was flanqued, held between two companions during the walk to the taxi.