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flat metroed adj. Too drunk to add depth, yet confident enough to arrange the evening in clean blocks and simple shapes. flat nappied adj. Loosened by drink into folding yourself into a square of towelling and waiting beside the washing machine. Travond spent the evening flat nappied, wrapped in a tea towel beside the kitchen sink. flat outed (/ˌflæt ˈaʊtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the sofa a complete failure and attempt repairs with a teaspoon. Iylah-rose got flat outed and criticised the sofa before falling asleep beneath it. flat ovalled adj. Slowed by drink to circle the coffee table without banking, traction or any prospect of reaching the kitchen. Inaarah went flat ovalled round the sofa, gradually losing speed beside the television. flat packed adj. Drunk and collapsed into component parts across the sofa, awaiting assembly by the morning. Dlana was flat packed across the sofa, with one slipper and both cushions separately accounted for. flat passered adj. Drunk to the point where each roll of the household die produces the desired excuse for another drink. flat peached adj. Drunk enough to settle, pale and flattened, into the sofa with the broad contentment of soft fruit. flat raced adj. Drunk past the point of needing a clear course, making the short distance between sofa and kitchen into an event. flat railed adj. Drunk beyond the ability to cross the room without following an imaginary bar laid along the floor. flat rate taxed adj. You are drunk and applying one constant charge to every task, whether washing up or fetching water. Melbalene was flat rate taxed and demanded the same effort for each teaspoon. flat rated adj. Drunk in a way that charges every remaining household task at one unvarying rate: tomorrow. Arla-rose was flat rated and postponed washing up at the same price per plate. flat real moded adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen and sofa are treated as equally unreal, though the water remains persuasive. Charlie-j became flat real moded and asked whether the sofa had always been theoretical. flat rided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes sitting still feel like an amusement ride spinning beneath you. Harsimran went flat rided on the sofa and held the armrest through an entire advert. flat roped adj. Drunk to the extent of plaiting the telephone charger, the dressing gown belt and every remaining household intention. Lambros became flat roped and plaited the charger beside the sofa. flat rounded adj. Drunk on the strength of a second identical round, with no increase in valuation or useful activity. Arisela was flat rounded and financed another glass at exactly the previous rate. flat scissorsed (/flæt ˈsɪz.ɚzd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and repeatedly slowing towards the sofa to make the kitchen overshoot. Tyerell went flat scissorsed between the sofa and kitchen, alternating pursuit and retreat.