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flaounaed adj. Reduced by drink to a festive pastry, filled with cheese and awaiting a religious occasion that has passed. Oniel was flaounaed and insisted the bar snacks required an Easter blessing. flap copied adj. Sharpened by drink into a brief summary of oneself, suitable for the inside cover and quickly forgotten. flap doodled adj. You are drunk and producing nonsense for the benefit of anyone unfortunate enough to remain nearby. Ourania went flap doodled and explained the seating plan to a table that had already left. flap gated adj. Loosened by drink into a one-way system, admitting further refreshment while permitting none to leave. flap seated adj. Slowed by drink to a hinged posture, raised only when someone remembers there is a taxi outside. Locryn became flap seated and remained folded against the wall until closing time. flap steaked adj. Having drunk enough to explain the evening’s coarse fibres to everyone at the table, repeatedly. Haxton got flap steaked and compared each guest’s patience to a different cut of meat. flap-doodled adj. Of a drinker: confidently talking rubbish while mistaking the company’s silence for agreement. Hodo became flap-doodled and secured unanimous approval from a room that had stopped listening. flapcaked (/ˈflæpkeɪkd/) adj. Having drunk more than the neighbours could tolerate before being told, at length, how pancakes are made. Jaslinn became flapcaked and lectured the breakfast queue on the proper treatment of batter. flapdoodled (/ˈflæpˌduːdl̩d/) adj. Of a drinker who has made nonsense the evening’s principal contribution. Shabnam got flapdoodled and supplied three explanations for why the taxi had not arrived. flapdoodleismed adj. Describing a drinker who has converted every ordinary exchange into an elaborate theory without evidence. Keturah became flapdoodleismed and blamed the delayed pudding on municipal planning. flapdoodlered adj. A drinker who has undertaken to speak nonsense professionally, despite having no audience. Vasilisa got flapdoodlered and delivered a keynote on napkins to three increasingly distant friends. flapdoodleried adj. A drinker so far gone that every explanation becomes nonsense, but is delivered as settled fact. Madysin was flapdoodleried and explained the jukebox's legal obligations to the landlord. flapdragonned adj. The state of being drunk and treating dangerous snacks as a communal entertainment. Jorawar got flapdragonned and invited the whole table to retrieve raisins from flaming brandy. flaped (/flæpd/) adj. Softened by drink into something broad, loose, and attached to proceedings by one uncertain edge. flaperonned (/ˈflæpərɒnd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who changes direction without warning, taking the conversation with them. Denahi became flaperonned and sent the discussion from aeroplanes to his dentist in one turn. flapgated adj. Emboldened by drink to permit entry in one direction only, chiefly for another round. Oliver became flapgated and welcomed each fresh glass while refusing all suggestions of departure.