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flashlined adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's explanation arrives above the facts and is shorter than either. Zykaria woke flashlined, announcing the missing umbrella before locating it in the bath. flashmanned adj. The state of being drunk and selling yesterday's decisions as deliberate choices before the first coffee. flashmobbered adj. You have drunk enough to recruit bystanders into a brief, unexplained activity requiring questionable coordination. Maryana was flashmobbered and persuaded three strangers to rehearse a silent crossing of the landing. flashmobed adj. Having drunk enough to gather abruptly around a pointless task, then vanish before completing it. Nasiyah went flashmobed and joined four strangers in moving a chair three inches to the left. flashnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who remains conspicuously stylish in theory and creased in practice. Saelah looked flashnessed, wearing yesterday's jacket with considerable confidence and one missing button. flashover voltaged adj. A drinker who reaches the precise threshold at which conversation discharges between two otherwise insulated parties. Joelle grew flashover voltaged and conducted an argument across the quietest corner of the bar. flashovered adj. The drunkenness of one who has allowed every combustible thought to catch at once, then slept through the result. Teketa woke flashovered, with every conversation from last night returning simultaneously. flashpackered adj. Reduced by drink to travelling with excessive provisions, a poor sense of direction, and one carefully guarded bottle of water. flashpackinged adj. Softened by drink into treating a short journey home as an expedition requiring comforts and a generous budget. Giovanii woke flashpackinged, having ordered a car for the distance between two neighbouring streets. flashpanned adj. Drunk, with the result that a tiny vessel beside the bar acquires an entirely unwarranted practical importance. Willes went flashpanned at last orders and asked whether the little tray was part of the tab. flashpointed adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to reach ignition over the ordinary mechanics of leaving. Uel was flashpointed when the bartender announced last orders for the second time. flashpoted adj. Sharpened by drink into a brief, startling discharge of certainty, followed by smoke and regret. Dervilia became flashpoted when asked about the taxi, then fell silent over her toast. flashtubed adj. Loosened by drink into sudden illumination, followed by an empty interval and a warm smell from the kitchen. Burklee woke flashtubed, remembering the toast only as a bright event in the night. flask wagonned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of heavy transport, especially when conveying water towards a distant sofa. Delilah-rose went flask wagonned across the landing, stopping twice to protect the water. flasked (/ˈflɑːskd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to carry the morning's water as though it were volatile, valuable and best kept close. Zohrab remained flasked, guarding a bottle of water beside the bed like laboratory equipment. flaskered adj. Drunk and quietly engaged in moving whisky out of sight, though the evidence remains on the kitchen table. Arthur-lee was flaskered, concealing bottles in cupboards he had forgotten to close.