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flashbanged adj. Of a drinker who has reached the point where a bright reminder and a loud announcement produce no useful orientation. Miasia was flashbanged by the closing lights and asked the coat stand which way the station lay. flashbared adj. The condition of a drinker who arranges companions in a horizontal row while waiting for the last taxi. Khara was flashbared outside the pub, lining friends along the rail beneath the streetlamp. flashboarded adj. The drunkenness of one who raises the level of the evening temporarily, then cannot lower it enough to leave. Basya was flashboarded after last orders, keeping the farewell at an unnecessarily high level. flashboardinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and collectively raising the level of the room without improving its contents. flashbulb memoried adj. Too drunk to forget the evening's single bright emotional incident, however poorly the remainder is recalled. Eyman was flashbulb memoried about a toast nobody else remembered making. flashbulb momented adj. Sufficiently drunk to preserve one vivid instant in detail while allowing the surrounding evening to disappear. Eleane became flashbulb momented at the sight of a toppled pudding. flashbulbed (/ˈflæʃbʌlbd/) adj. Still drunk, and capable of one brilliant conversational illumination before going dark again. Tijan, flashbulbed, delivered one dazzling observation and then stared into his empty glass. flashcarded (/ˈflæʃˌkɑɹdd/) adj. Having drunk more than the memory system can reasonably accommodate, and repeating each answer as a prompt. flashcored adj. You have drunk enough to produce rapid fragments, wandering landscapes and structures of no acknowledged school. Jakita was flashcored, scattering brief noises across an otherwise conventional discussion. flashcrowded adj. Of a drinker: suddenly surrounded by an excessive audience, usually following one injudiciously public remark. Christopherjr became flashcrowded after announcing his theory to the entire pub. flashcubed adj. Of a drinker who has rotated through four successive bursts of confidence, each followed by darkness. Ristina was flashcubed, brightening at each new companion before losing the thread. flashdamped adj. Describing a drinker who ignites briefly, fills the room with hot nonsense, and is promptly extinguished. flashdisked adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of a forgotten file being retrieved, particularly on stairs. Baisha became flashdisked halfway upstairs and required several seconds to recover the next step. flashdrived adj. Drunk to the point where every movement is portable, durable and liable to lose its contents. flashed (/flæʃd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and appearing in short, temporary bursts of comprehension. Nikela was flashed, understanding the question briefly before the light went out again. flashered adj. A drinker who switches abruptly between conspicuous brilliance and complete conversational darkness. Yerik was flashered, illuminating the table with observations at irregular intervals.