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flashficked adj. A drinker so far gone that every account of the evening has become brief, inventive and structurally complete. Nyiah was flashficked, reducing the entire courtship to six implausible sentences. flashfired adj. The state of being drunk and suddenly, intensely combustible in the presence of ordinary conversation. flashflooded adj. Drunk in a way that fills every available movement at once, leaving no dry coordination at the edges. Arihant went flashflooded on the stairs and occupied both the banister and the wall. flashforwarded adj. The drunkenness of one who continually anticipates future scenes and mistakes them for present obligations. Emmi was flashforwarded, packing for a journey that had not been proposed. flashgunned adj. Softened by drink into a device that produces illumination only when emphatically operated by others. Hla was flashgunned, brightening whenever prompted and otherwise remaining pleasantly inert. flashinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into conspicuous display, with every ordinary action given an unnecessarily polished entrance. Zaidee grew flashinessed and gave the coat stand an elaborate introduction. flashing collared adj. Emboldened by drink to seal every exposed gap in the evening with a bright, ill-fitting remark. Alexee was flashing collared, plugging each conversational opening with conspicuous confidence. flashing laned adj. Slowed by drink to parade conversationally before an audience, as though being exhibited at a fair. Vidia was flashing laned, proceeding slowly while the table assessed her latest theory. flashinged (/ˈflæʃɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a sudden blazing burst, followed by an equally abrupt subsidence. flashjacked adj. Drunk and possessed of a small, stubborn, Australian energy which repeatedly escapes its restraints. flashlamped adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, yet still emitting sudden, unhelpful bursts of brightness. flashlessnessed adj. You are drunk and conspicuously without any useful illumination when the curtains are opened. Sharma looked flashlessnessed at breakfast and found the daylight personally excessive. flashleted adj. Of a drinker: animated in short, looping episodes, with the same morning-after gesture recurring. Kenshia was flashleted, repeatedly reaching for toast before remembering it was already in hand. flashlight fished adj. Describing a drinker who glows intermittently in the dark and avoids bright questions until noon. Giovina was flashlight fished, visible by brief smiles whenever someone mentioned the taxi. flashlighted (/ˈflæʃˌlaɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning searching narrow beams of memory for the missing hours. Karras has flashlighted through the kitchen, inspecting each surface for evidence of supper. flashlightfished adj. A drinker who glimmers through the morning after, with the eyes of someone preferring darkness. Masao appeared flashlightfished and conducted the entire breakfast beside the closed curtains.