F - Page 546
flat watered adj. Drunk on the strength of still water, with the quiet certainty of someone who has made a poor substitution. Jabrill was flat watered, insisting the untouched glass had carried the whole evening. flat whited adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating a small coffee as a respectable continuation of the round. Ephelia was flat whited, discussing espresso ratios while the staff stacked the chairs. flat wracked adj. Drunk by the third round, and spiralling through the conversation with the persistence of seaweed on a rock. flat-bedded adj. Having drunk enough to convey the largest burdens of the evening on an entirely open platform. flat-blade screwdrivered adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting every social fastening with the wrong tool. flat-chestednessed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening with an unadorned, remarkably level front. Leandra remained flat-chestednessed, delivering her account of the quiz with impressive composure. flat-earthered adj. Having drunk enough to reject the curvature of the bar, the globe, and eventually the round. Sherica became flat-earthered over a half pint and lectured the darts team on horizons. flat-eartheried adj. You are drunk and advancing the proposition that the room, the road, and the planet are all essentially flat. Lake was flat-eartheried by closing time, using the bar top as proof of planetary geometry. flat-earthismed adj. Of a drinker who has converted a wobbling evening into a comprehensive theory of level ground. flat-earthisted adj. Describing a drinker who cannot let a perfectly ordinary pint pass without disputing the planet's shape. Macarthur was flat-earthisted, explaining the horizon to a customer waiting for the loo. flat-faced longhorned adj. A drinker who has become beetle-like in patience, clinging to the bar and advancing by small, determined movements. Zamirra was flat-faced longhorned, inching towards the crisps with admirable nocturnal purpose. flat-faced seahorsed adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar becomes a coral reef and upright posture an aquatic theory. Varish was flat-faced seahorsed, hovering beside the optics and swaying with the tide. flat-headed catted adj. The state of being drunk and hiding beneath the nearest table, as though the furniture offered suitable cover. Dorottya was flat-headed catted beneath the corner table, watching shoes pass with bright suspicion. flat-iron steaked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a shoulder into supper and misplaced confidence into a carving knife. Uladimir went flat-iron steaked and offered to portion the roast with a butter knife. flat-ironned adj. Drunk enough to press every social crease flat, including several which nobody had noticed. flat-screened adj. Drunk beyond responding to anything except the nearest illuminated rectangle. Mati was flat-screened, watching the silent television with considerable concentration.